I think the doom narrative is still worth bringing up because this is what these people are risking for all of us in the pursuit of essentially conquering the world and/or personal immortality. That’s the level of insane supervillainy that this whole situation actually translates to. Just because they don’t think they’ll fail doesn’t mean they’re not likely to.
I’m also disappointed that the political left is dropping the ball so hard on opposing AI, turning to either contradictory “it’s really stupid, just a stochastic parrot, and also threatens our jobs somehow” statements, or focusing on details of its behaviour. There’s probably something deeper to say about capitalists openly making a bid to turn labour itself into capital.
I think the doom narrative is still worth bringing up because this is what these people are risking for all of us in the pursuit of essentially conquering the world and/or personal immortality. That’s the level of insane supervillainy that this whole situation actually translates to. Just because they don’t think they’ll fail doesn’t mean they’re not likely to.
I’m also disappointed that the political left is dropping the ball so hard on opposing AI, turning to either contradictory “it’s really stupid, just a stochastic parrot, and also threatens our jobs somehow” statements, or focusing on details of its behaviour. There’s probably something deeper to say about capitalists openly making a bid to turn labour itself into capital.