Neil Chilson to doomers: which factual developments would falsify your beliefs?
neil_chilson · x · 2026-10-07
Neil Chilson presses Scott Alexander on two fronts: (1) unfalsifiability — claims like "misaligned AI will look exactly like aligned AI" and "don't get specific or people over-update" make doomer beliefs immune to disproof; what factual developments would prove them wrong? (2) His core objection: feedback loops from massive established complex systems push hard against rapid, concentrated change — the real barrier intelligence at any scale must overcome.
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