Togelius: commenters keep telling pros upset by AI progress to accept obsolescence
kchonyc · x · 2026-10-11
Julian Togelius flags a recurring dynamic: under nearly every post describing anguish over AI becoming shockingly good at someone's craft — mathematics being the latest, amid a deluge of AI-generated proofs — replies tell the author to accept their own obsolescence, dismiss calls to slow down, and mock nuance as "cope" or "cringe". Similar waves hit musicians, visual artists, and to a lesser extent programmers.
He argues this cheering-for-the-machines sentiment is probably not simple anti-humanism and deserves a more charitable reading, posing a sharp question about community attitudes as AI disrupts skilled professions.
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