SF AI Culture Roasted for Relitigating Centuries-Old Philosophy as 'First Principles'
ludwigABAP · x · 2026-09-22
A viral quip mocks San Francisco tech culture: computer nerds refusing to learn anything before 1990, relitigating entire intellectual histories in a 'tedious Reddit dialect' and calling it 'working from first principles.' The quoted tweet adds that EA's debates repeat utilitarianism arguments philosophers settled centuries ago — 'yes, it's stupid, but people have been saying that for ages.' A biting take on the AI/EA scene's lack of intellectual-historical grounding.
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