Blogger slams Scott Alexander: opposes AI pause because he wants the Singularity
ludwigABAP · x · 2026-11-04
An X user sharply criticizes Scott Alexander's stance on pausing AI, arguing he isn't impartially assessing unilateral pauses but opposes them because he wants the technology built — delivering him to a post-scarcity, immortal Singularity where his friends "own planets." The author likens listening to Scott on not building world-ending tech to "listening to a Scientologist about psychiatry," while noting the critique doesn't extend to others at AI Futures Project.
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