Anti-doomer op-ed argues superintelligence doom is a narrative to control a monster that doesn't exist
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-10-03
Jordan Schachtel's op-ed in American Greatness splits the superintelligence debate into two camps: doomers who extrapolate today's systems into a Frankenstein-like rogue intelligence, and pragmatists who see a powerful but real technology to be tested and occasionally restricted. He argues doomers have built a loaded lexicon to advance their agenda and currently dominate discourse in Washington and the Bay Area, while real solutions should target real rather than theoretical problems.
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