Jay Caspian Kang: The Millions Never Read the 'Blurry JPEG of the Web'
jaycaspiankang · x · 2026-09-21
- Jay Caspian Kang tells Kevin Roose that AI skepticism was confined to a very small circle: prestige media skepticism "is our job," but the millions of users never read the famous "blurry JPEG of the web" piece.
- This is round two of their exchange over how mainstream the anti-AI backlash actually was when ChatGPT launched.
Related event: NYT's Roose and Kang Clash Over Whether Anti-AI Skepticism Was Widespread(9 posts)→
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