Of course, I would never expect the majority of people to do something useful at such a time. But yes, I expected them to do something, or at least to fear the gravity of the moment, with at least some implications for their lives.
Did you really? I’d love to hear a longer account of what you expected this average Joe to do...and in response to what moment, exactly? ChatGPT? DeepSeek? OpenClaw? Anthropic ARR hitting $40b? I’m just not sure there’s been a Cuban Missle Crisis type of event to awaken this median person.
I really think the lack of a “moment” is key. It’s been closer to death by 1,000 papercuts...even on LW there’s not a consensus, e.g. everyone screaming from the rooftops, “oh, this Mythos thing is the tipping point, look out!!!”
Did you really? I’d love to hear a longer account of what you expected this average Joe to do...and in response to what moment, exactly? ChatGPT? DeepSeek? OpenClaw? Anthropic ARR hitting $40b? I’m just not sure there’s been a Cuban Missle Crisis type of event to awaken this median person.
I don’t know… I expected them at least to talk about it. I expected it to be a big political issue, probably.
I really think the lack of a “moment” is key. It’s been closer to death by 1,000 papercuts...even on LW there’s not a consensus, e.g. everyone screaming from the rooftops, “oh, this Mythos thing is the tipping point, look out!!!”