Doomers vs Accelerationists: Tom Friedman's "Cry Wolf Over AI" Column Sparks Backlash
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-24
NYT columnist Thomas Friedman published a piece arguing it's time to slow AI down until we're sure we can control it. Jordan Schachtel fired back that legacy-media columnists have been seeded with panic-mongering falsehoods about AI sentience, lack first-principles thinking, and are cheered on by bad actors seeking to capture the industry. A snapshot of the ongoing doomer-vs-accelerationist fight over AI's pace.
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