2016 vs 2026: rationalists went from mocked to secretly the AI industry's most powerful group
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-10-26
A culture-observational meme about the AI scene: in 2016 people asked why rationalists weren't winning despite their 'rational' arguments; in 2026 they warn that rationalists are secretly the most powerful group in the multi-billion-dollar AI industry — and still almost nobody engages with the object-level arguments.
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