Podcast draws parallel between AI doomerism and the 1970s recombinant DNA panic
RichardsonDx · x · 2026-09-16
RichardsonDx shared a podcast episode arguing that the best historical lens for AI doomer fear is recombinant DNA: in the early 1970s, scientists suddenly gained the ability to cut, recombine, and move genes between organisms — and the resulting panic and governance response offers lessons for today's AI debates. The substance lives in the podcast itself.
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