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the staying power of the "AI is fake, LLMs are fancy autocomplete, safety fears are just marketing hype" narrative is remarkable. it's become the default view of a certain type of cynical smart person, despite being obviously wrong for at least a few years.
@kevinroose Do you think the people making those arguments even truly believe them? It seems more like personal brand curation now than sincere belief.
@kevinroose AI Denial and other polarized AI narratives are having a negative impact on AI Literacy... I recently wrote this piece proposing a way to evaluate these kinds of narratives by considering the valence, effectiveness, and trajectory they assign to AI https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.01929
@kevinroose For example, here are four common narratives (Hype, Doom, Denial, and Normalcy) and where they fit in this framework. I don't think any of these narratives accurately describe the current state of AI progress.