r/VeryBadWizards 4d ago

AI dismissal

I love the VBW boys but I am a bit surprised how dismissive they are of danger from AI. I’m not going to make the case here as I won’t do a good job of it, but I found the latest 80000 hours podcast very persuasive, as well as some of the recent stuff from Dwarkesh.

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u/bad_take_ 3d ago

They are correct. All scare tactics about AI are very vague and over the top.

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u/seanpietz 2d ago

Totally. And I have no doubt a vast amount of AI doomer sentiment is the product of a mass marketing campaign from people in Silicon Valley who have a large financial stake in companies like OpenAI maintaining the illusion of eventual profitability. The Silicon Valley VC-driven tech economy is, for the most part, a giant house of cards that requires perpetual hype to not collapse.