Post #2860524
2026-05-26 07:52 UTC
Generally conspiracy theorists aren’t interested in actual things that cause real problems, I think. Air polution and global warming being deliberate decisions by elites who don’t care about killing millions, for example.
But if you want to see some actual apocalyptic conspiracy of “AI”, as in it is literally the manifestation of the body of the Beast, check out Paul Kingsnorth’s substack. This is a burned-out environmental activist who radicalised anti-immigration with Brexit, started pushing a narrative of hobbit pastoralism, and converted to Christianity with that fervour you only find in converts.
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@samvines@awful.systems 2026-05-26 11:37
He sounds like a fun guy to talk to at parties! /s
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@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2026-05-26 21:02
I find it helps to remember that when it comes to conspiracy theorists, most of the absurd stuff (eg Flat Earth) is downstream of the really important belief (eg millenarian Christianity). Essentially, start from the high-level ideology/political/religious beliefs, decide what would have to be true about the world to justify them, and let confirmation bias take care of the details.