Charlie Warzel urges a middle path between AI doomers and skeptics
round · x · 2026-09-20
Tech commentator Charlie Warzel argues that the whiplash between AI doomers and skeptics—each sounding too certain—calls for a middle way: treat the situation as a normal corporate crisis unfolding at exceptional speed and scale. That means taking the power and current products of AI companies seriously while staying deeply skeptical of unfalsifiable doomer claims and the motivations behind them. He lays out the argument in a new long-form essay.
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