Kevin Roose vs Jay Caspian Kang: How Mainstream Is AI Skepticism, Really?
jaycaspiankang · x · 2026-09-21
- Jay Caspian Kang argues AI anti-hype lives in a tiny bubble: he barely knows Ed Zitron, and when ChatGPT launched most ordinary people said "hey, that's pretty cool."
- NYT's Kevin Roose pushes back: visiting many schools, he constantly hears 2023-era talking points like "fancy autocomplete" and unavoidable hallucinations presented as current fact.
- Roose adds that a CS department chair at a major research university approvingly cited Zitron weeks ago — evidence these skeptical ideas are not narrowly held.
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