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• @bengoldhaber BenG on x

  cool to be quoted in the New Yorker on the AI ‘doomsayers’ - I said “preventing an arms race is the best outcome, but if you think it's inevitable, you might want the ‘good guys’ to win the race”. Note: I think we can prevent it, with institutions and international dialogue.

• @haydnbelfield Haydn Belfield on x

  “J. Robert Oppenheimer may be portrayed as a flawed, self-pitying protagonist, or even as a war criminal, but no one is making a Hollywood blockbuster called 'Rotblat.')” They bloody should https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @hkanji Hussein Kanji on x

  “Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us. Who will decide our fate?” https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @manifoldmarkets @manifoldmarkets on x

  Manifold's in the New Yorker (but not by name). https://www.newyorker.com/... [image]

• @bcmerchant Brian Merchant on x

  Two things can be true at once: 1) the key concerns of this report—that AI is about to become so powerful it may destroy the world in the next few years—are utter horseshit, and 2) we should absolutely do the below parts of the action plan https://time.com/... [image]

• @nils_gilman Nils Gilman on x

  “The doomers and the boomers are consumed by intramural fights, but from a distance they can look like two offshoots of the same tribe: people who are convinced that A.I. is the only thing worth paying attention to.” https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @robinhanson Robin Hanson on x

  “'I'm generally pro-A.I. and against slowing down innovation,' Robin Hanson, an economist who has had friendly debates with the doomers for years, told me. ‘I want our civilization to continue to grow and do spectacular things.’” https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @austinc3301 @austinc3301 on x

  This... seems to be the most candid and well-written feature article on AI Safety, rationalism, and EA that I have ever read? https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @drtechlash Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD on x

  It's a new low in journalism to praise Berkeley's Eliezer Yudkowsky and Katja Grace. Both declared a p(doom) of 90%. Find someone who will love you - as much as @TIME & @NewYorker love AI doomers. https://www.newyorker.com/...

• r/OpenAI r on reddit

  U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says

• r/politics r on reddit

  U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says

• r/worldnews r on reddit

  U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says

• r/slatestarcodex r on reddit

  U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says

• r/LocalLLaMA r on reddit

  Now the doomers want to put us in jail.