Mollick: "AI isn't real" takes are fading, replaced by blanket AI-doom views
emollick · x · 2026-09-17
Ethan Mollick notes that after interacting with "AI isn't real" voices on BlueSky, that view appears to be fading. What's replacing it, he says, is a blanket "AI is bad for every reason" stance mixing real and fabricated grievances, which makes it harder to focus on pragmatic, harm-mitigating policies.
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