AGI Boosters Recycle the 'Soviet Peasants Hear Radio' Meme to Describe the Coming Shock
danfaggella · x · 2026-09-28
The author posts a 1928 photo of Soviet peasants hearing radio for the first time as an analogy: the people back home who never use AI and change the subject when you mention AGI are about to be 'struck dumb by forces beyond their conception' that will upend their world. A pure opinion/meme from the AI accelerationist circle, no argumentation.
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