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If an over the top, "AI will destroy us all" campaign is what's needed to get people's eyes on publications and other materials that illustrate its shortcomings and how absolutely unneeded it is in most of its current applications, I will gladly suffer through the histrionics.
The problem with the “AI will destroy us all” take is that it attributes non-existent competence to these techs. I don't deny it may raise some useful opposition, but it also makes the problem worse on the other end. There will be a good chunk of people who look at the extremes of the claims (useless slop vs doom) and figure that the truth is somewhere in between. They'll conclude it must be a pretty good technology. This is why some of the AI evangelists themselves have been pushing the doom possibility. "Oh no, it might be just too good. Well, not just yet, don't worry too much, but it is already so good we've started preparing for it," they claim.
it's trading one fantasy world for another
Not how I see it.
One is living in a fantasy world where you believe a product that's good at very specific applications will be the end-all, be-all of technological advancements that will allow corporations to divest themselves of reliance on human work.
The other is using alarmist language to draw attention to the fact that corporations are in the process of cutting out humanity from the fruits of their labor and ability to survive.
Sorry, but in the case of an existential threat to a large portion of humanity, pointing the finger and screaming "Abomination!" is a perfectly acceptable response to me.
what are you apologizing for?
........because I was raised to be polite when having a cordial disagreement with someone?