Reading as an Antidote to AI Doomism

Curated, cross‑disciplinary reading lists (philosophy, journalism, fiction) can shift public framing of AI from fatalism to agency by supplying alternative metaphors, histories, and moral vocabularies. Done at scale — through journalism, libraries, schools, and social networks — such lists can inoculate communities against decision‑paralysing doom narratives and foster more actionable public debate. — If cultural curation can change what metaphors and stories dominate, it can materially affect policy appetite, civic engagement, and the kinds of AI governance reforms that win public support.