Ethicist Carissa Véliz: one alarming word from a pre-IPO exec shifts global talk
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-09-16
Ethicist Carissa Véliz argued that panicking every time a tech executive says something alarming about the future means you haven't read Prophecy. She pointed out how a single word from an executive whose company is about to go public can shift the entire world's conversation — implying recent AI doom talk may carry commercial motives tied to an upcoming listing.
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