Alex Epstein ✓

@AlexEpstein · Laguna Beach, CA · joined 18 Apr 2009

Practical philosopher Known for bringing rigorous, pro-human thinking to energy and environmental issues, now doing the same for AI and data centers.

221 106Followers

567Following

33 121Posts total

74KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views534this account4 184median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.24%this account1.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %2.64%this account1.33%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	534	4 184	0.13×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.24%	1.61%	0.15×
Engagement rate	2.64%	1.33%	1.99×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

43.7K5 Jul

534

2306 Jul

267 Jul

7.7K4 Sep

6.8K

7.2K

113

825 Sep

7.6K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.21%5 Jul

2.25%

2.61%6 Jul

15.38%7 Jul

2.64%4 Sep

1.59%

1.76%

6.49%

5.31%

12.20%5 Sep

4.01%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.33%.

What the audience does

Likes72.7%992 in total

Reposts10.8%147 in total

Replies10.3%140 in total

Quotes2.3%32 in total

Bookmarks3.9%53 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

AI should be called *amplified intelligence* not "artificial intelligence," because it doesn't replace the human mind, it amplifies the human mind. An artificial heart can replace the role your heart plays in your life. AI cannot replace the role your mind plays in your life. h 7.6K views · 226 likes · 37 reposts · 32 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein What happens when the AI confidently tells them something wildly incorrect? Teaching children to allow machines to think for them is at attempt to make them stupid. 82 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein Even better: stop organizing education around testing and sorting kids. Let them pursue what they want to understand, with AI helping them go deeper. Why force everyone to learn the same things on the same schedule just so we can rank them? 113 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein This has been tested. The results showed that students who learned with AI did worse on tests without AI than students who did not use AI. 77 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The 2 most valid concerns about AI are 1) good actors accidentally misusing it in harmful ways 2) bad actors deliberately abusing it in harmful ways (2) is way scarier. In any case, dealing with both requires good, responsible people to achieve the best AI capability they can. 7.2K views · 95 likes · 13 reposts · 15 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

AI having "superintelligence" just means it can give us mental assistance with a wide variety of tasks. Just like machines give us "supermuscles" for a wide variety of physical tasks. Someone tell me which mental tasks you don't think AI should be able to help people with. http 6.8K views · 88 likes · 12 reposts · 6 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Simple solution to the allegedly big problem of AI being used to cheat in school: Encourage people to learn with AI, but test them without AI. Students are encouraged to use AI's incredible tutoring ability to gain real knowledge. And teachers can validate that they gained it. 7.7K views · 156 likes · 11 reposts · 31 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein It’s already spreading everywhere, even my doctor uses now during my appointments. 26 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 07 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein Title should be The Moral Case for More Knowledge. 230 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 06 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

@AlexEpstein @RichardHanania 1. Stupid people will not be able to take advantage of AI 2. There are vast numbers of stupid people 3. Therefore AI benefits will not be broadly distributed That’s ok, but let’s be honest about it 534 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 05 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

I'm tired of hearing that "the benefits of AI must be broadly distributed" and therefore we need government to intervene. AI benefits will be more broadly and rapidly distributed than any tech in history. Everyone will have access to amazing tutoring, genius medical advice, and 43.7K views · 394 likes · 72 reposts · 48 replies 05 Jul 2026 · Open on X →