WSJ Goes Inside the Subculture Obsessed With AI Doom Long Before Everyone Else
sapinker · x · 2026-09-28
Steven Pinker shares WSJ's feature on the subculture that obsessed over AI doom long before it terrified everyone else, echoing his ongoing dispute with Scott Alexander over whether doomerism functions like a catechism.
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