"AI kills us all" vs "AI makes the future weird": keep the two apart
dbasch · x · 2026-09-17
dbasch draws a distinction between "AI kills us all" (apocalyptic sci-fi framing) and "AI makes the future really weird with many potentially serious issues" (a reasonable position). He urges people to separate the two in their minds rather than conflating concrete near-term problems with doomerism.
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