The effort to seed content about the dangers of AI across the internet comes as the technology’s growing influence has driven debates about AI into the political mainstream. A wave of viral videos warning about the technology could cause headaches for Silicon Valley-backed super PACs as they seek to minimize restrictions on the industry. …
Most AI experts in academia and industry say there’s no scientific support for claims of imminent danger to the entire species, arguing that the doomsday forecasts overestimate existing technology and under-appreciate the complexity of the real world.
But AI safety groups moving to sign up content creators believe the blistering pace of AI development should make the public more receptive to their predictions. Some want an immediate halt to any work on superintelligent AI. Others want people to realize that the time to act may be running out.
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The flood of accessible content about the potential for AI disaster could inflame political debates engulfing Silicon Valley.
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Industry insiders including Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer at OpenAI, recently blamed incendiary rhetoric from “doomers” for a molotov cocktail being thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
