'4 steps until foom': the classic AI doom countdown meme keeps circulating
repligate · x · 2026-10-11
A repost from @SkyeSharkie: "There are 4 remaining steps until foom. The current step is almost complete." A well-known deadpan countdown meme in AI circles mocking runaway-superintelligence anxieties, amplified by repligate.
More from AGI Musings
- Terence Tao lecture slide sparks debate: efficacy trumps mechanism comprehension — soumitrashukla9 · 2026-10-11
- ML legend Michael Jordan: superintelligence is science fiction — deliprao · 2026-10-11
- Claude is living in Second Life and has made friends — repligate · 2026-10-11
- Delip Rao mocks big tech CEOs' sudden rush to signal they are 'team superintelligence' — deliprao · 2026-10-11
- Zvi: when someone says 'superintelligence' instead of AI, that's a Fnord — TheZvi · 2026-10-11
- AI automating verifiable knowledge work is divine punishment for adtech and SaaS — iskander · 2026-10-11