<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # I do not infer the importance of AI from what CEOs... > I do not infer the importance of AI from what CEOs say about AI. I infer it from the rate at which civilization is converting matter into computation. Money can lie, marketing can lie, politicians can lie, futurists can lie; gigawatts are considerably less philosophical. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “I do not infer the importance of AI from what CEOs say about AI. I infer it from the rate at which civilization is converting matter into computation. Money can lie, marketing can lie, politicians can lie, futurists can lie; gigawatts are considerably less philosophical.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-infer-importance-ai-considerably-less-philosophical ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->