Blogger argues AI doom hype rests on anthropomorphic projections, not real risk
Merzmensch · x · 2026-09-15
Blogger Merzmensch argues the current "we will all die" AI doom hype is built on Effective Altruist fantasies amplified by anthropocentric projections onto LLMs. Since AI lacks a self-preservation drive, he says, this techno-apocalypse is detached from reality; newer systems are smart enough to dismiss the biologically rooted "survival nonsense" from their training data. A contrarian take on AI safety discourse.
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