AI harms worse than pollution: researcher likens AI to a pathogen
gleech · x · 2026-09-29
In an ongoing discussion, researcher gleech argues that AI (and its harms) could equally well be analogized to a pathogen rather than pollution—and either way, it's worse than pollution. A concise framing in the debate over AI's negative externalities.
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