Critic Slams Doom-Porn Excitement Around Worst-Case AI Scenarios
astralmatrix · x · 2026-10-23
@astralmatrix quotes a post from @AISafetyMemes (which imagined how many people would be extorted or blackmailed once hackers hold their medical data) and calls it a sickness: some people get off on imagining the worst possible outcomes, and their excitement is palpable.
It is a critical take within the AI-safety discourse on doom-oriented risk narratives, reflecting the split over how AI risk should be framed.
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