Believing AI Fears Is Like Believing in Ghosts, Mathematician Tells Colleague
LucaAmb · x · 2026-10-12
Replying in the debate, LucaAmb says fearing or hoping about AI surpassing humans shouldn't cloud one's thinking — likening it to believing in ghosts as a child out of fear. He says he's now just "watching the show" and catching opportunities as they come.
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