Beff Jezos: Doom panic over AI raised the odds of an Orwellian 1984 outcome
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-04
e/acc leader Beff Jezos argues people were so psychologically primed on p(AI Doom) that they massively increased p(1984) — inflating doomer narratives, he contends, pushes society toward Orwellian surveillance and control instead.
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