If the media had been able to squarely and emotively pin millions of deaths on some Big Tech AI lab,
Covid may well have been caused by some lab. Partly there is a big difference between AI causes X and it quickly becoming common knowledge that AI caused X.
Suppose some disaster. To be specific, lets say a nuclear warhead detonates in a city. Some experts blame an AI hacking the control systems, other experts disagree. Some people say this proof AI is dangerous. Other people say its proof that badly secured nukes are dangerous. Some people say humans hackers took control of the nukes. Others say terrorists stole the nukes. Others say it was an accident. The official position is to blame an asteroid impact that hit a truck carrying nuclear waste. A year later, there is a fairly convincing case it was probably an AI, but some experts still disagree. The public is unsure. The disaster itself is no longer news. No one has a clue which AI.
Covid may well have been caused by some lab. Partly there is a big difference between AI causes X and it quickly becoming common knowledge that AI caused X.
Suppose some disaster. To be specific, lets say a nuclear warhead detonates in a city. Some experts blame an AI hacking the control systems, other experts disagree. Some people say this proof AI is dangerous. Other people say its proof that badly secured nukes are dangerous. Some people say humans hackers took control of the nukes. Others say terrorists stole the nukes. Others say it was an accident. The official position is to blame an asteroid impact that hit a truck carrying nuclear waste. A year later, there is a fairly convincing case it was probably an AI, but some experts still disagree. The public is unsure. The disaster itself is no longer news. No one has a clue which AI.