NYT Opinion: Progressives Are Listening to the Wrong People on AI — Argues Left Should Engage Rather Than Resist

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The New York Times published an opinion piece arguing that progressive voices risk marginalizing themselves in AI policy by listening to anti-AI absolutists rather than engaging constructively with the technology's development. The piece generated modest Hacker News discussion (12 points) but represents an important shift in the policy discourse: the political framing of AI is evolving from a binary pro/anti debate toward questions of governance, distribution, and worker protection.