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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 23 days ago

Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign

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Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 23 days ago
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The AI doomsday is the idea that one day, an artificial intelligence will get so smart it takes over the world! And it’ll kill all the humans, just as a side effect! Pretty scary, huh. You might be…

to keep you talking about Skynet — not the data centre down the road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260910-jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign - podcast

time: 6 min 20 sec

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    They’re so full of themselves they either don’t care or believe they are the only ones responsible enough to make the AI

    Seriously, if you genuinely believe you will destroy civilisation, STOP WORKING THERE you are only making it worse

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      If you work there and you genuinely believe you will destroy civilization you’re either full of shit or experiencing AI psychosis. This tech is simply not that good. go outside and touch some fricking grass.

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