Blogger takes on Fields Medallists' anti-AI statement: weak argument, conflicted incentives
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-12
A blogger critiques the Fields Medallists' statement against AI: the medallists aren't ego-driven luddites, but like anyone they struggle to reason objectively when social interest conflicts with their status and self-worth — especially when their whole circle is in the same position, the same reason to worry about Anthropic and OpenAI weighing private benefit against global risk. He argues the actual argument in the statement is weak: famous problems have historically driven both wrong turns and breakthroughs, which doesn't support the conclusion drawn.
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