Computer science professor who works on fast data processing; co-author of the simdjson parser and a weekly blogger about software performance since 2004.
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2 of Daniel Lemire's claims fit 1 mental models. Most often: Signalling.
Much of what people do is a message about themselves, and a signal is believed only when it costs something to send.
Their wordsExpressing fear of AI can become a form of virtue signaling.
Their wordsThe purpose of the academic output is to sort people out for jobs.