alt Hacker NewsThe labs have been continually widely criticized for releasing anything that points out possible AI dangers, with critics claiming the labs are only trying to spread fear or alarmism about AI risks, so it should be no surprise for them to the disband a catastrophic model risk team. If oil, nuclear, or cigarette industries were getting started today, I wonder if they’d similarly be accused of spreading fear/alarmism - Exxon claims their industry’s products will be so popular they’ll cause natural disasters and change the temperature of the whole planet? ‘They just want to scare us that oil/gas can be unbelievably powerful and want gov regulation to prevent new upstarts.’
I often wonder if the alarmism / marketing ploy accusations are fake / astroturfed.
Not even necessarily in the organized sense, just people wanting cool toys, realizing they need to posture like such if they want to get them, and then just proceeding to disregard the consequences.
Certainly what it's been feeling like at least, not that I'd put too many eggs into this basket though. Just an impression.