Doomer predictions mocked: "They wanted to stop at GPT-2" as safety debate rages on
max_paperclips · x · 2026-10-19
A viral X thread mocks AI doomsayers: "they wanted to stop at GPT-2. Same with Mythos. Nothing they propose comes true — and insofar as it will, it's because they've seeded the internet with detailed plans for AIs to go rogue."
- Poster calls doomers "neurotic nerds" rather than intelligent people
- Another user suggests screenshotting 'we must stop now or we're dead in months' claims to compare when the same warnings resurface next year
- Reflects the ongoing e/acc vs. doomer culture war over AI safety warnings
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