When 'why are you talking about this?' is your best rebuttal, Cofnas wins more rationalists
LucaAmb · x · 2026-09-19
The author comments on the AI doomerism debate involving researcher Cofnas: if the strongest counterargument to people like him remains "why are you even talking about this?" rather than substantive rebuttal, skeptics will end up convincing many rational people. The post highlights a tone-policing problem in AI risk discourse.
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