This new piece from @nitashatiku is so, so, so good. It explains wtf is going on with Silicon Valley and AI risk. Between the lines, it connects a lot of dots for me I hadn't worked out yet. Insanely well-written and well-researched.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/ai-apocalypse-college-students/
How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse

Student-led groups focused on AI Safety have popped up at Stanford University and other schools, backed by billionaires fixated on the AI apocalypse

The Washington Post

@nitashatiku @mmitchell_ai

I am #TeamTimnit in this #AI debate. Focus on the definite immediate issues: misinformation, bias, unreliability, data governance, power asymmetries.

Don’t let’s be distracted by hypothetical and often misrepresented long term risks.