Travis Kalanick amplifies 1501 papal decree on printing to mock AI alarmism
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-09-15
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick quote-tweeted the Pessimists Arc account, which cites Pope Alexander VI's 1501 decree that printing must be kept under "full control" because it "can bring about serious evils" — a classic historical analogy in AI policy debates suggesting today's calls to tightly regulate new technologies may look similarly overblown in hindsight.
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