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Tony Arcieri 🌹🦀

I am so sick of these "AI is worse than climate change" takes. This one in particular claims AI will have a bigger impact than the climate crisis *in the next 2 years*.

For context, one estimate places total damage wrought by weather disasters in 2022 at $360 billion, and that the heat wave alone killed 40,000 people. As El Niño takes effect, that will no doubt get worse.

A former Google exec warned about the dangers of Al saying it is 'beyond an emergency' and 'bigger than climate change' A former Google officer says there's a larger chance of Al disrupting "the entire planet" than climate change in the next two years.
Jun 02, 2023, 01:34 AM·Public·Web
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NeonPayload

The worst part AI being dangerous is that it's just a marketing ploy to sell. "Our AI could end the world!!!!, API key's going for $50"​:ablobcatlurk:​

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jwz

@bascule There needs to be an "in mice" rule for these headlines:

"Scientists cure disease... IN MICE."

"AI bigger than climate change... TO FORMER GOOGLE EXECS."

Like, yeah, I can see how AI might be a bigger threat to your Atherton property values, bro.

Also is that actually a picture of the guy, or is that how an image generator responded to the prompt "draw me an out-of-touch former Google exec"?

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Borogove

@jwz @bascule Midjourney: "magazine puff piece photo of an out-of-touch former Google executive"

Midjourney generated image from the prompt: "magazine puff piece photo of an out-of-touch former Google executive". A thin man in a suit is standing in front of a burning garbage heap.
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synlogic

@bascule climate is world's top dire/urgent danger. democracy at #2. not worried about AI beyond if it will be used to make labor harder to make a living, or, automate much more propaganda and spam

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