Paul Graham jokes you shouldn't say "straw-person" but "individual experiencing being made of straw"
intellectronica · x · 2026-09-28
Replying to AI researcher Melanie Mitchell, Paul Graham quipped that saying "straw-person" is inappropriate — you should really say "individual experiencing being made of straw."
A one-liner poking fun at euphemism-heavy language norms and AI-safety discourse, with the humor landing on Graham's own standing in the community.
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