Why the people inside the AI bubble genuinely believe the machines might kill everyone, and, in Culture Corner, sweatpants.
AGI, allegedly
I know it sounds very silly if you’re not in the AI bubble. But it really is true, and if you assume there has to be some different motive you’ll be deeply confused by what AI researchers say and do. They truly do believe that there is a reasonable chance that superintelligent AI will kill everyone.
If they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots than Chinese killer robots
– Sen. Ted Cruz, 18 September 2026.
Calls mounted, as calls so often do, for Congress, or the president, or someone to impose meaningful regulation on the AI industry. These calls seemingly forgot that this government wouldn’t impose meaningful regulation on a Goldfish cracker unless the cracker had dropped some very woke TikToks.
– Brian Phillips, 17 September 2026.
Culture Corner
I imagine that there must have been some point in human history when a man first realized that if he carried reading material into the bathroom, he could transform a basic biological process into an extended period of private leisure, and frankly, I would like to know more about this early iteration of man.
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life, so you bought some sweatpants.
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