Dean Ball mocks 'AI can't think' posters as Bluesky debate fatigue spreads
moultano · x · 2026-09-26
Legal scholar Dean Ball tweeted that inveterate posters occasionally want to write a tweet that serves as a podium for midwits to declare their own foolishness — and that he has hit his quota. Commenter moultano expressed relief that the 'AI can't think' discourse isn't unique to Bluesky, where Will Stancil ran a crusade against such claims, with everything but a few pleasant exchanges with philosophers being insufferable. The thread captures the ongoing AI-community tug-of-war over whether AI truly 'thinks'.
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