AI zines fluent in x-risk discourse yet clueless about AI itself: the midwit tell
repligate · x · 2026-11-08
A viral X exchange points out that new AI-themed zines emerging in Seattle are deeply familiar with AI discourse—rationalists, x-risk, even TESCREAL—yet completely ignorant of AI itself. The commenter frames this as the tell of a midwit: well-versed in the chatter about a topic, hopelessly lost in the actual substance.
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