Should GPT-2 count when discussing perceptions of AI 'doomer anxiety'?

One commenter says conversations with people around the GPT-2 project led them to see it as a different kind of issue: it was a tiny research project, unlike today's AI, which they call “the world's most important growing technology.” Another commenter calls that a valid perspective but says GPT-2 is fair to count if the discussion is about outside perceptions of “doomer anxiety.”