'AI is a non-essential technology' draws pushback: what about cancer vaccines and productivity?
JHochderffer · x · 2026-10-03
Responding to Luiza Jarovsky's "unpopular opinion: AI is a non-essential technology," JHochderffer retorts that increased productivity, cancer vaccines, and liberating humanity from drudgery apparently all count as "non-essential" — or we could just keep slaving away and dying early like we always have.
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