"Neither the best nor worst AI outcome appeals to me": a melancholy middle view
birchlse · x · 2026-10-19
X user InvictusTeaches offers a melancholy middle position on AI progress: neither the best-case nor worst-case scenario appeals to him, arguing the idea that humans will be happy once machines drive purpose, discovery and debate is "laughable."
The post was amplified by birchlse (18.4K followers). It captures a growing sentiment in AI circles — anxiety about human meaning in a highly automated society — that sits outside the usual accelerationist/doomer binary.
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