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Reaction converging Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions
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Developing AI field signal Analysis 1d ago
AI apocalypse framing essay

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 3 attributable expert contributions · AI Now Institute, Shobita Parthasarathy, Veni Kunche
“From the promises and catastrophic musings of tech CEOs to extraction from the earth and from human creativity to AI's inevitable end → read the full essay: www.equator.org/articles/aru...” evidence ↗
10 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Justin Hendrix Olivia Guest Eryk Salvaggio AI Now Institute Tamara Kneese Joris van Hoboken Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র +2
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“From the promises and catastrophic musings of tech CEOs to extraction from the earth and from human creativity to AI's inevitable end → read the full essay: www.equator.org/articles/aru...”

Markets & investment

1 expert

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination -- Arundhati Roy www.equator.org/articles/aru... 🧵”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“"It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stupidity is about to inundate us."”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Justin Hendrix: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
David Kaye: i had to scroll to the end for this modest, "arundhati roy is a writer"
Eryk Salvaggio: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
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Established AI field signal Signal 8d ago

The environmental impact of ai poorly regulated tipping point in the eu

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Abeba Birhane
“While risks to the environment are in principle included as possible systemic risks under GPAI CoP, in practice, it is not compulsory to identify & assess systemic risks to the environment & providers have not considered this in their publicly available sum…” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Baldur Bjarnason

“While risks to the environment are in principle included as possible systemic risks under GPAI CoP, in practice, it is not compulsory to identify & assess systemic risks to the environment & providers have not considered this in their publicly available sum…”

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4 experts · 31 posts · 7d ago
Abeba Birhane Marielza Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈
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“"Europe has everything to succeed in the AI race. We cannot afford to lose European talent. We need to empower European start-ups and entrepreneurship." Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva, European C…” evidence ↗
Abeba Birhane: "Today's AI summit brings together businesses, governments and civil society together" Minister Peter Burke TD (fact: there are no civil society representatives, not in the list of speakers) #AISum…
Abeba Birhane: "We are not just talking about AI, we are investing in it. We are accelerating investment in corporate AI innovation." Minister Burke #AISummitIE
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