Man Warns AI Apocalypse While Getting Help Writing Warning About AI Apocalypse
KEY POINTS
- •Matt Shumer, a 26-year-old GP of Shumer Capital, published a viral AI warning essay viewed over 60 million times on X by February 2026.
- •He openly admitted using AI, specifically Claude, to help write the essay and cited OpenAI's GPT-5.3-Codex as a turning point in AI's capabilities.
- •Shumer highlighted varying AI impact across professions, noting law associates face higher risks while nurses are likely safer for now.
Matt Shumer, the 26-year-old GP of Shumer Capital, must have found irony in the dictionary since he used AI to write his viral 5,000-word essay ‘Something Big is Coming’, which racked up 60 million views on X alone by Feb 2026. After causing a stir with a 2024 open-source AI project that flopped harder than your uncle's startup pitch, he apologized and doubled down on doom. Claiming AI could disrupt society worse than COVID, Shumer frets about his career—even though he co-founded HyperWrite, an AI writing tool ironically helping others look busy. Bonus drama: OpenAI’s GPT-5.3-Codex reportedly created itself, presumably while snickering.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says “AI is terrifying” like relying on AI to write your viral panic essay. It’s like hiring a pyromaniac to install your smoke detector.
Congrats to Matt Shumer for proving that self-fulfilling AI prophecies now come with AI ghostwriters.
AI is coming for jobs, but at least it helped warn us. Next step: AI unemployment office clerk.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/12/2026 | Author: Brent D. Griffiths
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