A forecasting tip is that reality is at least eight billion stories
A forecasting tip is that reality is almost certainly not a story. It has historically happened in some non-narrative directions. https://t.co/XZMt0fjsmo
— Nathan 🔎 (@NathanpmYoung) August 25, 2026 I've never been worried about AI taking over the world because when I was 24 I wrote a short story in which artificial superintelligences just want to play video games, smoke weed, and watch old movies, and I've always basically believed that this is how things will go.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@Noahpinion) August 25, 2026