The AI comms dilemma: with the public watching, anything you say gets misread
catherineols · x · 2026-11-02
A substantive exchange about the climate for public communication in AI. One side argues that because AI now sits in the public eye and public discourse is irrational, anything said now will be completely misinterpreted. The other agrees in broad strokes but says the framing misses a mood: practitioners carry a "tragic and quixotic obligation to communicate, even though it will backfire and blow up in your face." The author concedes this is arguable.
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