Guardian cartoon skewers techbro doom-mongering: AI apocalypse talk as marketing
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-16
The Guardian's First Dog on the Moon cartoon mocks AI doomers: the author feared AI would kill us all — until tech CEOs started saying it themselves, making the apocalypse pitch sound like a fundraising talking point.
The post also nods to EU AI policy, chips, and how Nordic startups shrug off the panic.
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