Andy Masley: Tenuous AI 'common wisdom' on capabilities and governance springs up overnight
AndyMasley · x · 2026-11-10
Andy Masley observes that obviously tenuous common wisdom about AI—whether about capabilities or governance—springs up out of nowhere, and people then talk as if all smart people believe it. A meta-commentary on how quickly collective narratives harden in the AI discourse.
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