ctjlewis invokes Lewis's Law in heated spat over AI x-risk debate tactics
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-28
ctjlewis lashed out at AI-safety skeptics, invoking Lewis's Law: since x-risk arguments are effectively infinite in number, critics can always swap in a different one and dismiss whatever is attacked as a strawman. He derides opponents as 'Reddit noodle priests' who bend around any counterargument — a colorful episode in the ongoing AI-risk discourse wars.
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