How the 'AI Doom' narrative went viral: it started with Harry Potter fandom
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-16
Brian Roemmele traces the viral origins of the 'AI Doom' narrative to Harry Potter fan community discussions ('Magic!'), pointing to how the rationalist and AI-risk discourse grew out of that fandom culture.
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