Meme mocks Terence Tao "waiting for society to shut down AI," reigniting AI-skeptic scientist drama
Yamapama · x · 2026-10-12
jdoliner shares a meme captioned: "Terence Tao waiting for society to shutdown AI and die of cancer so he can keep feeling like the smartest person in the world" — a jab at scholars whose AI resistance is framed as ego-driven. Yamapama reposts it, telling anyone who doesn't get the meme to ask Grok or ChatGPT for background.
The post taps into the ongoing AI-circle drama around top academics' skepticism toward AI and the "models vs human experts" narrative.
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