AI is either going to cure cancer or kill us all. That’s the polarizing thrust of a panic-infused debate that erupted across the industry in recent days.
The truth is likely more mundane, and the risks more manageable than some researchers at leading AI labs would have you believe.
That’s according to an unusually bipartisan collection of tech experts, industry leaders, and policymakers speaking out against extreme AI-doom predictions.
Their main message: AI is a tech product, not a sentient being or a god. So take a chill pill. The world can handle AI pretty much with the resources and structures we already have.
AI is digital, not real
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