Framing AI doomerism as mere neuroticism gives up on predicting the future entirely
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-25
Andy Masley pushes back on the popular move of reducing someone's AI "doomerism" to their baseline neuroticism about the future and tech. He argues this framing is mentally incapacitating: it assumes statements about the near-term future are pure emotional expression, abandoning any attempt to actually predict what will happen in our lives.
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