The eternal loop: reading AI news vs. going outside and seeing nothing changed
zacharynado · x · 2026-11-12
Tim Urban's waitbutwhy skit, resurfaced by Rohit Krishnan, captures the AI doomer's split-brain loop: reading AI news convinces you society is doomed, stepping outside shows everyone acting normal, then more reading flips the delusion onto everyone else. Krishnan quips that this vague doom-posting had to stop.
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