Researcher: I feel only extreme excitement about impending superintelligence, despite terrifying rational conclusions
tszzl · x · 2026-11-11
AI researcher tszzl says the only emotion he can muster day to day about impending superintelligence is extreme excitement — even though any sober rational assessment reaches terrifying conclusions. A candid snapshot of the optimism-vs-alarm dissonance among people closest to frontier AI.
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