Kevin Roose laments millions buried heads in sand over AI skepticism, slow to update on evidence
jathansadowski · x · 2026-09-22
NYT tech journalist Kevin Roose says one of the 21st century's tragedies is that millions of smart people were convinced by stochastic-parrots discourse or Zitron-style capabilities denialism and haven't updated based on new evidence: "nature is healing but it's so late." A responder quickly jabbed at Roose's own role in promoting crypto.
Related event: NYT's Roose and Kang Clash Over Whether Anti-AI Skepticism Was Widespread(9 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Investor: AI diffusion will be slowest in consumer software — Oura, Strava, Labcorp still have no real AI strategy — MartinGTobias · 2026-11-12
- On AI Progress: When Models Lag on Your Load-Bearing Skill, You Can't See Them Improving — dfrsrchtwts · 2026-11-12
- Slack's David Hoang: agents beat people on coordination, proposes 'boundary agents' — davidhoang · 2026-11-12
- CS student mourns coding flow states he'll never experience in the AI era — chrissyykat · 2026-11-12
- Ford's 370% Turnover Led to $5 Days — But ASI Never Quits — krishnan · 2026-11-12
- Against 'verifiable vs. fuzzy': the real axis is how expensive tasks are to grade — dfrsrchtwts · 2026-11-12