Many of the leading voices in AI have <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/ai-extiction-risk-statement/?activate-overlay=true">co-signed yet another ominous open letter</a> warning that we should be“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.&#8221; However, the voices shouting for regulation the loudest have us wondering how much of the AI fear-mongering is warranted, and how much is self-serving theater. This week Darrell is joined by <a href="https://techcrunch.com/author/devin-coldewey/">Devin Coldewey</a> to talk about  why AI doomerism is overblown, and why the blowhards doing the blowing want it that way.
Articles from the episode:
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<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/ai-extiction-risk-statement/?activate-overlay=true">OpenAI’s Altman and other AI giants back warning of advanced AI as ‘extinction’ risk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/ai-code-of-conduct-us-eu-ttc/?tpcc=tcplustwitter">EU and US lawmakers move to draft AI Code of Conduct fast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/29/popular-android-app-microphone-spying-google-play/?activate-overlay=true">A popular Android app began secretly spying on its users months after it was listed on Google Play</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enPx1ZyIr6pQ7VDxRKC4K2Url97IDD9Dtjd3-9aY-Sc/edit">Elizabeth Holmes is now behind bars: How we got here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/no-chatgpt-in-my-court-judge-orders-all-ai-generated-content-must-be-declared-and-checked/?activate-overlay=true">No ChatGPT in my court: Judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/people-keep-gaslighting-snapchat-my-ai/?activate-overlay=true">While parents worry, teens are bullying Snapchat AI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/metas-499-quest-3-headset-arrives-this-fall/">Meta Quest 3 revealed</a></li>
</ul>
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AI doomerism is overblown and other TC news

Many of the leading voices in AI have co-signed yet another ominous open letter warning that we should be“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.&#8221; However, the voices shouting for regulation the loudest have us wondering how much of the AI fear-mongering is warranted, and how much is self-serving theater. This week Darrell is joined [&hellip;]

TechCrunch Podcast Episode #59

AI doomerism is overblown and other TC news