Pro-AI poster counters "unplug it" argument: costs exaggerated, backlash manufactured
JHochderffer · x · 2026-09-14
After a viral post called AI investment "the biggest sunk-cost fallacy imaginable" and urged society to "unplug it," JHochderfferffer countered with four points: AI is already inevitable, environmental costs are exaggerated, public backlash is manufactured, and without AI societal collapse is guaranteed. A representative snapshot of the AI bubble debate, with one side citing sunk costs and the other dismissing all externalities.
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