Deutsch critic: his strongest adherents kept missing AI progress for 4 years
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-11-04
NathanpmYoung says he's a fan of David Deutsch, but notes it counts against Deutsch's work that its strongest adherents have failed to predict AI progress over the last four years — an implicit knock on the epistemology's practical track record on AI trends.
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