AI Labs Depend on Doomers for Publicity

@lumpenspace posted that AI labs have an incentive to awe the public by presenting new behaviors as groundbreaking. The user argued labs have come to depend on doomers for publicity and will therefore play the scarier angle in their announcements. The post suggests any bias in AI systems is likely to tilt toward the more alarming direction as a result. The statement appears among visible replies on X and addresses potential incentives shaping how labs discuss AI capabilities.