# The Great Technological Panics Usually Contain a Fragment of Truth Wrapped in an Absurdity by Bryant McGill > “The great technological panics usually contain a fragment of truth wrapped in an absurdity. The fragment deserves engineering; the absurdity deserves ridicule. AI is powerful enough to demand serious safety work, but that seriousness does not require joining a secular apocalypse cult that treats every additional GPU as another horseman of Revelation.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact original:** “The great technological panics usually contain a fragment of truth wrapped in an absurdity. The fragment deserves engineering; the absurdity deserves ridicule. AI is powerful enough to demand serious safety work, but that seriousness does not require joining a secular apocalypse cult that treats every additional GPU as another horseman of Revelation.” — supplied directly by Bryant McGill for [[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]]. - **Source article:** [[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]] — Bryant McGill identifies this article as the originating publication for this Reminder. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[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]] - **Article:** [[articles/STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger|STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The great technological panics usually contain a fragment of truth wrapped in an absurdity. The fragment deserves engineering; the absurdity deserves ridicule. AI is powerful enough to demand serious safety work, but that seriousness does not require joining a secular apocalypse cult that treats every additional GPU as another horseman of Revelation.” — Bryant McGill, The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-the-great-technological-panics-usually-contain-a-fragment-of ```