All of this coverage of AI Doomerism making you anxious? It's nonsense and you can go back to your more pressing concerns. If you want to learn more:
https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/what-to-read-to-stay-grounded-amidst-ai-doomerism/
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For an interesting take on the reasons for AI Doomerism, there's a background narrative in this radio play about the Basilisk Cult:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2pJ_61eTU
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Had some family asking a bunch of questions about AI doomer stuff they saw in the news and my answer was basically "Look up Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru and just read what they say about it. Most other things you come across will be bullshit"
@gbargoud Now you can send them that reading list, which is a bit more focused, too!
@emilymbender No one fucking wants ai slop.
@emilymbender it's just more marketing.
@BetaCuck4Lyfe Oh, I am very well aware.
No good deed of public scholarship goes unmansplained at on Mastodon, though. *sigh*
@emilymbender the link to Brian Merchant's site about his experience with the conference of "AI" doomers seems to be broken. This is the correct link I think (was missing an s at the end?) https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagreements
@uncoolmouse Thank you! I will fix that.
@emilymbender
Thanks for this.