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Their wordsthe anecdote shows the extent to which "AI" has always been a cultural construct and has served as a useful narrative device.
Their wordswe should be more worried about the ethics of the companies developing these systems and malign actors exploiting them than the technology taking on a life of its own or "going rogue."
Their wordsperhaps the most compelling reason that this new AI extinction narrative ultimately serves the AI companies above all is that it gives this very expensive, money-hemorrhaging industry a means of coordinating a "slowdown" without running afoul of antitrust laws.
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