Researcher mocks AI doom discourse alongside Brockman's 'gazillions' quote
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-18
AI researcher suchenzang sarcastically contrasts two quotes: warnings that "millions will soon consider large models 'hoovering up' all their work an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions," and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman's 2017 note that he was "deeply motivated by the gazillions" he hoped to gain from commercializing OpenAI's tech. She mocks the doom discourse — "there's a 10% human extinction risk! and it's low status to ignore it! focus on the extinction doom! misalignment! biorisk!" — highlighting the tension between extinction rhetoric and commercial motives in the AI industry.
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