Polarized in terms of, like, sometimes people will distinguish AI doomers and AI optimists.
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Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Aug. 2026
Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it.
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