Nautilus: ditch AI doomsaying—reading list for agency over despair
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-11-10
Philosopher Shannon Vallor writes in Nautilus about the AI doomsaying epidemic and offers a reading list (which Carissa Véliz joined).
- Vallor concedes AI genuinely threatens human agency, self-understanding, relationships, and sustainable coexistence.
- She contrasts doomsaying—which breeds paralysis and resignation—with calls to action grounded in visions of repairing broken worlds.
- The piece frames prophecy as offering "a vital lesson" for reclaiming agency and moral urgency.
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