So the doom talk’s a hustle, according to one of its fiercest critics. Could be. But if the founders get paid either way, somebody oughta ask who’s selling the apocalypse and who’s cashing the check.
The only reason for AI developers to come out all at once with this absurd claim is to either A) distract us from impending financial disaster or B) to fake being responsible and get in the pants of the regulators before they start regulating.
If you just think for half a minute that if someone controls a machine that is vastly more knowledgeable than any human and they have a long enough time horizon its self-evident they have an enormous advantage in any conflict or competition.