A bunch of nerds want you to freak out about AI so the government pauses (or takes over) AI development. Machine learning engineer and independent journalist Brian Chau smells something fishy. He went on Will Chamberlain’s podcast to discuss the suspicious nature of this media-driven pseudo-event and the funding flows that predicated it. Dudley wanted to talk to Brian about the cultural/spiritual side of the story: Who are these strange drug-addled perverts who lie for fun? Where does their savior complex come from? All this and more, on NRP Radio.
Also mentioned:
Brian’s AI-powered news site Effort
Brian’s Read of the Week-winning essay: The Worst Are Full Of Passionate Intensity: An Anthropology of AI Safety
Schwab thread on witches
Forum debate on AI
Jack Blakely thread on why you should just vote GOP
Peachy book Supervillains
