AI Doomerism Traced to a Harry Potter Fanfic, as Slutcon Drama Unfolds
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-29
Nick Cammarata jokes that a strand of AI doomerism traces back to a Harry Potter fanfic that spawned a gathering called Slutcon and a book about everyone dying—hardly a credible pedigree for claims that everyone is going to die. jdpressman quips that Steven Omohundro has surely never attended Slutcon, mocking the disconnect between doomers and the subculture they're being teased about.
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