The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd " American Greatness

A long commentary attacks what it calls the “anti-AI” panic cycle, drawing comparisons to Charles Mackay’s 1841 work on mass delusions such as the South Sea Bubble and Tulipomania. The author argues that modern society is prone to similar waves of fear, citing past scares including “global cooling,” “global warming,” and the “population bomb,” and suggests the latest anxieties follow the same pattern. The piece says what’s new in current episodes is alleged behind-the-scenes involvement by malevolent foreign actors, pointing to COVID hysteria and climate-related movements. It claims the newest panic is the “AI-is-the-Antichrist” brigade, and says last week’s events helped focus the debate, though the text cuts off mid-sentence.