Katja Grace on how the 'doomer' label reframes AI-risk advocates as purveyors of doom
KatjaGrace · x · 2026-10-07
Katja Grace comments on an AI-risk essay, arguing that dunkers get something out of the pejorative 'doomer': it implicitly casts these people as purveyors of doom rather than opponents of it — a look at how labeling rhetoric shifts the debate.
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