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AI doomerism bad science business critique

How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business

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Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark AI Now Institute Tiffany C. Li The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo

“One of the handful of articles telling it like it is instead of misinforming the public. By @saragoud.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org Yes. Its bad science based on numbers out of various behinds, but that's not how most of the rest of the media is discussi…”

“AI companies are calling for regulation in ways that let them set the rules, not independent parties who can hold them to account. “If you read between the lines, everything [Amodei] advocates [for] is something that would help companies like Anthropic,” sa…”

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute: AI doomerism isn't sound science, it's a parlor game. Great to see reporting that pushes back and quotes experts like @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social. Coxon and Anthropic "d…
Emily M. Bender: AI doomerism isn't sound science, it's a parlor game. Great to see reporting that pushes back and quotes experts like @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social. Coxon and Anthropic "d…
Teresa Heffernan: Published a paper that traces the fictional roots of irrational claims that superintelligent machines pose an existential risk: "Orga is not Mecha: How Literal Readings of Fiction are Damaging the …
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3 experts · 6 posts · 9d ago
Luke Stark Tiffany C. Li Matthew Tokson
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Tiffany C. Li: “The monster is so hungry it might attack, unless you sacrifice one of your villagers” is a classic fairytale
Matthew Tokson: FWIW they aren't saying that data centers would help prevent replication. They're just saying that AIs can replicate even without access to a data center. They're warning that the monster is going …
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