A Series of Small Apocalypses: On the Real Threats of AI

In the doldrums of last summer, I found myself swept up in a fleeting social-media frenzy. I had thought this could not happen to me again. I had myself written an entire book describing the mechanisms that cause such explosions of irrationality, and counseling readers on how to claw their way out of the naïve and gullible frame of mind that takes claims found on Twitter/X at face value. I had also closed my Twitter account upon concluding “research” for the book. But suddenly I found myself back there, almost unconsciously, disguised behind a new alias account. 

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