The math/AI debate: everyone moves through the stages of grief at different rates
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-01
The author observes an awkward dynamic in the math/AI debate: people process AI's impact like the stages of grief at different speeds. You argue with someone in one stage this week; by next week they're touting a completely different 'principled' position with no memory of what they said before.
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