Why the real AI apocalypse is already here – Stateside with Kai and Carter
TL;DR
A former Anthropic researcher’s apocalyptic declaration about artificial intelligence has led to a global panic that the technology might be the end of us all. At an event in Washington today to warn about the dangers of AI, US senator Bernie Sanders said that Congress has been ‘asleep at the wheel'. Oddly, Steve Bannon appeared at the same event. But is this response a distraction from the more immediate problems AI is already causing?
Nauti's Take
Sanders and Bannon sharing a stage is a genuine opportunity: AI regulation has finally left the tech bubble and reached actual politics. The risk is the framing.
A debate fixated on extinction scenarios skips the damage AI already does today, from data rights to displaced work. And treat industry calls for regulation with caution, because whoever writes the rules usually writes them in their own favour.
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