I read AI execs confidently predicting “an end to disease and poverty and bring about ‘a renaissance of liberal democracy and human rights,’ and that ‘many will be literally moved to tears’”. I am reminded of the dot-com bust when people were throwing money at IPOs without a business plan.

We should be wary of execs promising amazing scientific achievements when they have no background in science or medicine to understand their own claims. How can we end disease without sacrificing our own autonomy when so much morbidity is caused by lifestyle choices? How will a AI / for-profit business bring about liberal democracy when it is not a government — is this claim sedition?

A great deal of money will be lost on this tulip before any is made. Be sure to bake in a AI crash into your investing projections. I’d rather we kept our eyes on the ball of reducing carbon.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/agi-predictions/680280/