@shitunote: An Alternative Interpretation of AI Potentially Destroying Humanity Anthropic has been promoting the idea that AI could destroy humanity. Short-seller Steve Eisman's take offers an alternative interpretation:
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The author borrows the perspective of prominent US short-seller Steve Eisman to offer an alternative interpretation of Anthropic's claims that "AI could destroy humanity": the US economy is heavily bet on AI, and if Anthropic and OpenAI were to collapse, it could trigger a recession — and the resulting erosion of wealth would feel, to many people, like the end of the world.
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An Alternative Interpretation of AI Potentially Destroying Humanity
Anthropic has been promoting the idea that AI could potentially destroy humanity. Steve Eisman, the big Wall Street short seller from The Big Short, offers another way to interpret this claim:
The U.S. is now going all-in on AI. If Anthropic and OpenAI were to go under overnight, the U.S. economy would plunge into recession immediately.
A massive amount of wealth would be wiped out overnight. For many people, wouldn’t that feel like the destruction of humanity? 🤣
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