AI doomerism goes mainstream: high schoolers refuse homework because 'we'll all die soon anyway'
BraydonDymm · x · 2026-09-15
AI doomerism has genuinely gone mainstream, the author observes: his friend, a high school teacher, reports students objecting to homework—why bother if everyone is going to die soon anyway? A small but telling anecdote of existential AI narratives seeping into everyday life.
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