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Roon from OpenAI says the upbeat PBS Kids-style tone of new AI release videos mismatches the technology and carries Faustian implications unlike Carl Sagan's explanatory style

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the vaguely pbs kids inspirational tone that new ai release videos take has stopped being appropriate I think. this is no longer like carl sagan explaining the rings of Saturn. there is something more dark techno promethean about it, faustian even

1:28 PM · May 21, 2026 View on X

@tszzl this is the type of roon tweets we need back right now

roonroon@tszzl

the vaguely pbs kids inspirational tone that new ai release videos take has stopped being appropriate I think. this is no longer like carl sagan explaining the rings of Saturn. there is something more dark techno promethean about it, faustian even

8:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 24.1K Views
9:46 PM · May 21, 2026 · 599 Views

@tszzl prime intellect

roonroon@tszzl

the vaguely pbs kids inspirational tone that new ai release videos take has stopped being appropriate I think. this is no longer like carl sagan explaining the rings of Saturn. there is something more dark techno promethean about it, faustian even

8:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 24.1K Views
9:22 PM · May 21, 2026 · 164 Views

@tszzl extremely correct and... what's the opposite of out of touch?

would be nice if oai incorporated exactly this mindset in its ads

roonroon@tszzl

the vaguely pbs kids inspirational tone that new ai release videos take has stopped being appropriate I think. this is no longer like carl sagan explaining the rings of Saturn. there is something more dark techno promethean about it, faustian even

8:28 PM · May 21, 2026 · 24.1K Views
8:47 PM · May 21, 2026 · 706 Views
Roon from OpenAI says the upbeat PBS Kids-style tone of new AI release videos mismatches the technology and carries Faustian implications unlike Carl Sagan's explanatory style · Digg