AI doomer predicted doom within ten years nine years ago — it still hasn't happened
birchlse · x · 2026-11-12
Tom Chivers mocks the rolling pattern of AI doom predictions: the same pundit now forecasting AI catastrophe within a year was, nine years ago, predicting doom within ten years — and it hasn't materialized. A pointed critique of unfalsifiable, perpetually postponed doomer timelines.
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