We’re back with a new Insanity Check episode with Kriss & Ro and we’re talking A.I. Doom bullshit that is back in the news. But this time it’s really annoying because the media and otherwise smart people are seemingly falling for the trick the A.I industry is trying to pull to avoid from having to actually address real safety and concern around their “products”.
One of the greatest tricks Conservatives/Republicans have ever done is completely misrepresenting and poisoning the discussion around taxes and why they are neededJacob Coxon quits Anthropic to “warn” everyone about the “dangers” of OpenAI/Anthropic racing towards Super Intelligence and…it’s giving Sci-Fi bullshitIf people really cared about A.I. safety they would be talking about all the harms and dangers the A.I. industry has been causing TODAY and not trying to scare people about Skynet level fantasiesSilcon Valley has been operating like a religious Doomsday cult for decades…this isn’t newMonths ago the A.I industry was saying they needed to pivot/do a better job, convincing the public to ease backlash, as weird as it sounds…this is the pivot. Because if there’s one thing Americans can be counted on, if you scare them enough, they won’t ask the right questions and will allow themselves to be easily manipulated into bad decisions and lawsIf you’re feeling really overwhelmed and scared/confused by all this rhetoric, here are some things that I think will help calm you a bitCal Newport: Tech Billionaires are Lying to Us AllEd Zitron on the Tech ReportTimnit Gebru: Deep Unlearning@bookblerd.bsky.social
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