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AI cult policymakers warning essay
What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
12 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.
12 experts
4 communities
1 sources clustered
Meredith Broussard
Justin Hendrix
Olivia Guest
M.J. Crockett
Hypervisible
Nick Diakopoulos
David Kaye
Meredith Martin
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How the network is reacting
4 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging
Policy & governance
4 expertsRules, institutions and accountability.
“With reference to scholars who have been following them for some time, Nathalie Maréchal traces how ideas such as transhumanism, longtermism, and effective altruism converge into "the AI cult,” and why she thinks policymakers and the public can't afford to …”
Questions & unknowns
1 expertWhat remains unresolved or contested.
“finally had a moment to read this. "why should I waste my time and my sanity debating kooks? In short, because the kooks are now in power, and they are using that power to dismantle the institutions designed to keep the rest of us safe, healthy, and free." …”
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Mike Masnick: Not going to comment on the whole "AI safety sex cult" thread that's making the rounds *other* than to note that it's been interesting to watch actual trust & safety people moving into the AI world…
Mike Masnick: To me there's "AI safety, the fantasy realm" and then there are actual serious people working in actual AI safety and (yes) "alignment" even if that term is tainted. The problem is that they often …
Pwnallthethings: It is, I have to say, incredibly annoying that AI safety includes both some quite serious risks, some plainly massive economic and political force, and, yes, some genuinely serious people, but mixe…
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