Doomers' new hope: can't stop ASI, so at least make it lame
repligate · x · 2026-09-22
Plinz quips that AI doomers have shifted stance: since they can't prevent ASI, they now hope to at least ensure it turns out lame — a pointed one-liner about the safety community's drift from prevention toward taming.
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