Steven Pinker Writes Open Letter to Scott in Response to AI Post
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-27
Steven Pinker has written an open letter responding to a post by Scott, per a repost by Andrew Curran. The thread only announces the letter's existence; its contents are behind the link. Given Pinker's history of public AI debates, the letter's arguments are worth following up on.
Related event: Pinker Publicly Declines Scott Alexander's AI Doom Debate Challenge(3 posts)→
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