Dev pushes back on AI doomerism: these are engineering problems, not eschatology
basedjensen · x · 2026-10-04
Developer xlr8harder vented frustration at AI safety discourse, arguing that labs and commentators respond to engineering failures with "eschatological hysteria." He called AI "plausibly the single largest net good technology humanity will have ever developed," saying current issues are plain engineering problems that practitioners should fix — or find another job — rather than letting fear dominate the conversation.
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