Explaining AI doomerism to my dad. He asked my opinion of the latest @nytimes.com piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social. I share my response verbatim in this week's Platformocracy. tl;dr: effective software safety and oversight needs to be independent from industry, not on their payroll. 1/6
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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse (Gift Article)
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.