Tech CEOs' AI predictions are just "guys with domain knowledge talking"
thederbiedone · x · 2026-09-17
Responding to a roundup of tech CEO predictions (Musk: money won't matter in 2036; Huang: AI destroying jobs is "complete nonsense"; Amodei: serious economic disruption; Altman: superintelligence within 10 years), @thederbiedone pushes back: they're neither prophets nor playing mind games — just people with domain knowledge sharing opinions. Don't worship them, don't downplay them; they put on pants one leg at a time like everyone else.
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