Josh Thorsteinson
The Doomscroll Prophet
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“Scared of AI since 2022. Now I just make the TikToks about it.”
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Creative62
Extrovert68
Irony40
Chaos58
🇬🇧 ☠️ Doomer · ➖ No verdict
Mutual—doomer AI-safety organizers who became creators.
Josh's anxious AI-doom earnestness vs Christian's breezy ex-ML agnostic who walked away.
Full intro
Hey everyone, I'm Josh. I've been scared of AI killing everyone since finding 80,000 Hours in late 2022. I switched my major to do more CS, started an AI safety group at my university (ubcaisafety.org), graduated, did independent AI governance research, then realized I didn't like it and switched to making tiktoks. Excited to meet you guys!