Max KennerlyMay 30, 2023

The "statement on AI risk" signed by a bunch of big names is literally one sentence: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."

They might as well have said hot dogs are sandwiches. Wholly useless.

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@maxkennerly From my aggregation newsletter on COVID disinformation:
May 07 Silicon Valley's Hail Mary moment | AI is Silicon Valley's last-ditch attempt to avoid a stock market wipeout (Business Insider) - “Silicon Valley has entered the Hail Mary phase of its business cycle—a desertic part of a tech-industry downturn where desperation can turn into recklessness.” #AI #AIHype https://tracingcovid.substack.com/p/associate
Associate!

#54 When people come together they surmount unfavorable odds. Saturday ended the most important national nurses week in my lifetime.

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May 30, 2023 at 3:40pmWeb