Meme mocks superintelligence doom by comparing it to tunnel suffocation and Y2K fears
alex_verem · x · 2026-09-16
A meme circulating in AI circles juxtaposes three eras of tech panic: 1830s claims that passengers would suffocate in tunnels at 30 mph, 1999 Y2K predictions of crashing computers and planes, and today's warnings that labs are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives" — mocking current superintelligence doom narratives as the latest in a long line of overblown tech fears.
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