WIRED reports that Timnit Gebru argues AI companies promote extinction fears from superintelligent machines to sidestep current issues. The piece highlights autonomous weapons as one such harm. Alex Turner responded that he left his Google DeepMind role over autonomous weapons concerns yet still prioritizes extinction risks. Other visible replies question ongoing use of the Stochastic Parrots framing or note Gebru's earlier firing from Google.
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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