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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 11:13:22 JST myrmepropagandist

   Is there anyone serious who is saying this? Or is this just another way to make the tech seem more powerful than it is?

   I don't get this "we're all gonna die" thing at all.

   I *do* get the "we are too disorganized and greedy to integrate new technology well without the economy getting screwed up and people suffering... but that's another matter..."

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 11:13:21 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @futurebird
     It is 100% the latter.

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     Klara, continued (klara@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 12:08:39 JST Klara, continued

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     @futurebird Nope. There's just a lot of perverse incentives aligned such that a diverse group of influential tech people benefit from saying shit like this.

     Some want their stock prices to go up, some want to make regulation focus on fantasy scenarios so they can get away with more mundane awful, some want to freeze their position as market leaders, and some want to direct well-intentioned charity money to their awful cults. (And some decent people have been duped into joining said cults, too.)

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     Mark Shane Hayden (msh@coales.co)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 23:30:02 JST Mark Shane Hayden

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     @futurebird the "industry leaders" full (BS) message is this:

     We, as the pioneers of AI, are the most aware of the technology's potential dangers. With great power comes great responsibility. Therefore we "humbly" accept the role of regulating/licensing/policing (the future competitors in) our industry.

     Of course it is all BS--it isn't about safety of society at all; it is because patents expire and regulatory capture is indefinite.