as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst
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But Kurzweil's preoccupations with longevity and technological forecasting have become mainstays of the various AI subcultures, from starry-eyed optimists to apocalyptic doomsayers.
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Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Even so, there is little appetite for holding doomsayers accountable.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
Chief among the doomsayers is Robert Gordon, a professor of economics at Northwestern University.
—Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
And the doomsayers should take a deep breath and stop saying otherwise.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Even so, there is little appetite for holding doomsayers accountable.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
Chief among the doomsayers is Robert Gordon, a professor of economics at Northwestern University.
—Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
And the doomsayers should take a deep breath and stop saying otherwise.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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“Doomsayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsayer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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