STEM expertise is becoming an infohazard, researcher warns amid ETH-result shock
coherence · x · 2026-10-29
- Account coherence quotes Andrew Curran: deep expertise in any STEM field will increasingly become an infohazard over the next few years. Curran says watching friends process the 'ETH result' cemented this, urging people to support those who thought they built their houses upon stone during this 'Weltbilderschütterung'.
- The post pairs this with I.J. Good's 1965 line: the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention man need ever make, provided it is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.
- A substantive slice of the ongoing debate about the erosion of expert value in the AI era.
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