Investor Stewart Alsop mocks ego-bruised calls to slow down AI
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-22
Investor Stewart Alsop III tweeted that he loves watching prideful, intelligent people whose egos are threatened by LLMs call for a slowdown — calling it "so revealing." He hopes they lose, "because pride and fear are no way to orient toward the future." A snapshot of the accelerations-vs-deceleration debate in AI circles.
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