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Jack Sedah·Jun 13The Comment Section vs. Reality: How ‘This Is AI’ Became the Internet’s Favourite Gaslighting Tool.I have noticed something rather intriguing on social media apps. The line between healthy skepticism and deep paranoia about AI has become…
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Lucas Vollet, PhD·Mar 4The Machine We Fear Is the One We Are Becoming: AI Panic and the Return of Collective HysteriaIt increasingly feels like we are witnessing a kind of collective hysteria around AI — less a sober technological transition than a crisis…
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Albert Bates·Apr 30, 2025Slouching Towards IdiocracyOur children may remember when “being verifiably human” was still a thing. Their children may not.
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