<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a... > There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a civilization mobilizing trillions of dollars of computation is waiting for permission from people posting skull emojis about AI extinction. America is building. China is building. Europe, India, the Gulf states, laboratories, militaries, universities, and corporations are building. There is no off switch for a planetary technological transition. Shut the fuck up and learn what century you are in. **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 ``` “There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a civilization mobilizing trillions of dollars of computation is waiting for permission from people posting skull emojis about AI extinction. America is building. China is building. Europe, India, the Gulf states, laboratories, militaries, universities, and corporations are building. There is no off switch for a planetary technological transition. Shut the fuck up and learn what century you are in.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-peculiar-arrogance-imagining-fuck-learn-century ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->