igypham: Tyler Cowen's 'did you short the market?' is worse than Pinker's AI doom pushback
igypham · x · 2026-10-08
In the AI doom debate, igypham argues Tyler Cowen is worse than Pinker: his counter is just "did you short the market?", while Pinker at least pretends to address the issues. This builds on micsolana's question of why doomers pick fights with writers like Steven Pinker and Claire Lehman who don't know much about AI, rather than Tyler Cowen or Curtis Yarvin, who could meet them at their claims.
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