When AI plays at scaring itself — and at making us believe
In short AI doomerism has the structure of a religious movement — but what matters isn’t the discourse, it’s the capture it performs. The very actors brandishing existential risk are building the AI and concentrating decision-making power in a few private hands. The real fault line isn’t fear versus optimism, but power versus democratic governance. ⎙ Imprimer / Télécharger en PDF In response to Nirit Weiss-Blatt’s article, “First They Built a Secular Apocalypse Belief System. Now They Want Religious Authority.” ...