The “AI Existential Risk” Industrial Complex
The “AI Existential Risk” Industrial Complex
ChatGPT’s launch in 2022 sparked a wave of AI doomerism. The leading voices in the “AI will kill us all” camp have confidently predicted the END of humanity is near. “We believe humans will be wiped out by Godlike AI.” Though “with enough money and effort, we might be able to save humanity from the impending AI apocalypse.” They talked about an “AI takeover” during their takeover of media and policymaking. Since then, we have been in an unprecedented AI panic.
The “AI Existential Risk” Ecosystem’s Funding
Their “AI Existential Risk” ideology had the financial backing of $1.6 billion from a few Effective Altruism billionaires, namely Dustin Moskovitz, Jaan Tallinn, Vitalik Buterin, and Sam Bankman-Fried (yes, the convicted felon).
Moskovitz’s Open Philanthropy is by far the largest donor1 to most of the “AI Existential Risk” organizations.
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