What can the impact of the classic shark attack film Jaws tell us about #ArtificialIntelligence doomsaying?
I envy you the sturdy rock you slumbered under if you did not hear about OpenAI's recent surprise firing of CEO #SamAltman. It seems that at this point no one on the outside has quite the confidence they'd like about the rationale, yet all accounts make it clear #AISafety concerns we're an important part of the story. It attracts my attention broadly how people seem eager to participate in something they believe is so likely to produce an extinction level event, and how little these dire warnings seem to affect people's behavior. Everyone, it seems, would like a job ending humanity.
This video contains what you might call a cultural analysis of doomsaying broadly and I hope to provide some gentle suggestions about why we think about the end of the world much more than we seem to take it seriously in practice.