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Sep 28

Contra @slatestarcodex, my arguments against AI doomerism have never been based on the claim that it is a cult. But the responses to my open letter (together with journalistic digging by NYT and WSJ) have made this more plausible. Foremost is the invocation of tenets in the

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WSJ: Inside the subculture that obsessed over AI doom long before it terrified everyone else wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-saf… via @WSJ

wsj.com‘Things Will Never Be Chill Again’: The Doomers Who Shaped the AI Safety Freakout

Sep 28, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC

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