Satire: claiming AI will destroy humanity is just a relevance play for replaced experts
bindureddy · x · 2026-09-18
Founder Bindu Reddy satirizes some AI doomers: alarmed at becoming less relevant as AI grows more capable, they claim AI will destroy all humanity — so AI gets paused and they become relevant by being in the news again. Clearly tongue-in-cheek mockery rather than a serious position.
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