"@Riedl, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said that existential threats are “often reported as fact,” which he added “goes a long way to normalizing, through repetition, the belief that only scenarios that endanger civilization as a whole matter and that other harms are not happening or are not of consequence.”"

https://venturebeat.com/ai/doomer-advisor-joins-musks-xai-the-4th-top-research-lab-focused-on-ai-apocalypse/

Doomer AI advisor joins Musk’s xAI, the 4th top research lab focused on AI apocalypse

A quartet of the world's most famous AI labs — OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic and now xAI — are laser-focused on AI's existential risks.

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@emilymbender @Riedl superhero movies tend to normalize the same belief.