Beyond p(doom): An Optimist's Case for Feeling AI as Magic, Not Doom
SeyoneC · x · 2026-09-20
In a short essay, Ria Doshi pushes back on the AI community's fixation on p(doom). Recalling being mesmerized by Mickey Mouse's "magic hands" cartoons as a kid, she argues AI should feel less like doom and more like magic—inviting curiosity and wonder instead of fear as the default frame for the technology.
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