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ed zitron lies to people for money, yes

Or y'know the inverse: the AI labs lie to people for money. I guess we'll see who's right when the bubble bursts.

In the sense that they'd make more money or in the sense it'd be good for society

the latter. going straight to the public with their fears has not been a winning strategy

It sorta seems like a similar dynamic to doomposting, I think; it doesn't even matter how accurate their projections are if it's a non-stop firehose of existential anxiety Like I still have issues with contemporary climate change communicators but they seem to have largely figured this out at least