Every New Technology Creates Two Markets: One for Its Use, One for the Authority to Define It
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to tszzl's jab that 'I worry about' has become a high-status sentiment in AI circles, barryhashimoto argues every new technology creates two markets: one for its use, and one for the authority to define its proper use — a sharp observation on the culture of AI safety discourse and status signaling.
Related event: "I'm concerned about AI" criticized as status signaling(4 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Investor: in the LLM era 'did it work' replaces diplomas and test scores — StewartalsopIII · 2026-11-04
- Should AGI labs have a reverse Conway's Law — design the org from the artifact? — akbirthko · 2026-11-04
- Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than AI answers — ersinesen · 2026-11-04
- Andreessen: Agents Are Entering Enterprises as Chaos, Just Like PCs and Spreadsheets Did — Dan_Jeffries1 · 2026-11-04
- 1000+ mathematicians sign pledge to shun AI companies and models — Shesawthat · 2026-11-04
- Von Neumann meme: "You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in" — akbirthko · 2026-11-04