#ai-doomsday — Public Fediverse posts

Kid just came home from school saying that CNN 10 (Education channel) interviewed someone from an AI company who warned that AI was going to destroy humanity and that it resisted all efforts by the company to turn it off.

JFC, I had to repeat my lesson on critical thinking.

I asked the obvious follow-up question... how did the AI prevent someone physically hitting the power button to the data center.

And... if they were so worried about it why dont they just close the company, stop paying the power bill, etc.

Or... I asked... do you think that the person from the AI company had an agenda in whipping up AI fear and maybe the media should have challenged their assertions a little bit?

#ai #aidoomsday #cnn10 #cnn #media #journalism

Bevor jetzt jemand den #JacobCoxon ernst nimmt, der Hinweis, die #AIDoomsday Sekte wird von den KI-Brüdern finanziert um abzulenken. Leider wird der obige Geselle gerade durch alle Medien gescheucht, um den Unsinn weit zu streuen. Neben Eric Morrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOr_ibZYu6o hat bereits @davidgerard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM ihm einen Beitrag gewidmet, welcher aufklärt. Der Rest der Medien fällt direkt in die ausgelegte Falle. Es ist eine Nebelkerze, um von den realen Gefahren und Problemen der KI abzulenken.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@aesthr/117268834017845229

Journalists follow the if it bleeds it leads mentality of reporting. Of course they are uncritically pushing the doomsday message.

After asking if that is true, i would ask the journalist to explain what AI is and how it could actually kill everyone.

Then finally ask the journalist if they questioned the motives of the doomsayer.

#ai #aidoomsday #journalism

@drahardja @StOnSoftware

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"Coxon’s thread has the only tweets on this fresh, paid Twitter account. A bunch of Anthropic employees retweeted Coxon within minutes, saying how true and important the AI doomsday was.

This whole thing was an organised promotional campaign. It looks like obvious fresh-cut astroturf because it is.

By the way, the chatbot cannot possibly do any of this. If the chatbot destroys humanity, it’ll be from climate change …"

#AIdoomsday #aiDoomsdaying

Schon schräg, dass die KI-Firmen die "KI wird uns alle töten" Sekte massiv pusht. Aber als Ablenkungsmanöver perfekt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM via @davidgerard

Diese Information sucht man z.B. beim Heise-Beitrag vergebens: https://www.heise.de/news/Anthropic-Forscher-kuendigt-mit-dramatischem-Text-Branche-erwarte-Ausloeschung-11446054.html
#doomsday #AIDoomsday #cult

Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM

by @davidgerard

#AI #GenAI #AIDoomsday #Marketing

The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers – Pivot to AI

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/

> I got a great pitch email for Pivot to AI last week: [Mastodon] I am Shriya, reaching out on behalf of Frame Fellowship, a 10-week residential program in San Francisco, US for creators who want to …

#AI #AIDoomsday #EffectiveAltruism #Aella

AI doomsday cults recruit social media influencers - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY
by @davidgerard

#AI #AIDoomsday #DoomsdayCults #Marketing #Hype

Runaway AI Is an Extinction Risk, Experts Warn - A new statement from industry leaders cautions that artificial intelligence poses a threa... - https://www.wired.com/story/runaway-ai-extinction-statement/ #business/artificialintelligence #aidoomsday #business