Andy Masley: intellectual taboo still blocks serious AGI debate on left and right
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-20
Andy Masley argues recent discourse confirms that in the 2010s, any intellectual scene seriously weighing the consequences of generally intelligent machines had to be "a little weird" — mainstream circles still treat the topic as crackpot territory. He sees a noticeable intellectual taboo on both left and right, citing overconfident folk philosophy of mind.
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