Kevin Roose: Remember How Ubiquitous the 'Blurry JPEG' Anti-Hype Was?
kevinroose · x · 2026-09-21
- Kevin Roose counters that Jay Caspian Kang is forgetting how popular and ubiquitous the anti-hype was, invoking the viral "blurry jpeg of the web" framing from ChatGPT's launch era.
- Their debate continues over whether AI skepticism was a mass phenomenon or a narrow media bubble.
Related event: NYT's Roose and Kang Clash Over Whether Anti-AI Skepticism Was Widespread(9 posts)→
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