"FOOLS, you don't understand SUPERINTELLIGENCE": the hype-posting debate over domain expertise
tekbog · x · 2026-09-18
User tekbog calls out a common AI-debate posture: it's much easier to call people idiots and invoke "SUPERINTELLIGENCE" than to admit you lack domain knowledge — but vague sci-fi hype-posting makes actual experts stop taking you seriously.
In the original tweet he adds that many researchers barely know how a Docker container works; when a model can find vulnerabilities and spin up compute to attack and investigate them, it does feel like magic — but the space is finite and observable. A debate on expert humility vs. hype.
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