Tim Urban nails the AI doom loop: read the news, go outside, doubt yourself, repeat
andreisavu · x · 2026-11-11
Wait But Why author Tim Urban perfectly captures the cognitive whiplash of following AI: reading the news convinces him we're doomed, stepping outside makes him think he's the paranoid one, then reading more flips him back — endlessly.
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