AI doomerism's bad science is good for big business, argues AI Now Institute
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-10-01
AI Now Institute shared a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists piece arguing AI companies push regulation that lets them set the rules: "everything [Amodei] advocates [for] is something that would help companies like Anthropic." The article notes there is no established path showing today's AI leads to superintelligence, let alone a scientific basis for calculating doom probability, and traces the doomer narrative through high-profile departures (Anthropic's Jacob Coxon, OpenAI's Jan Leike and Miles Brundage in 2024). Critics say the narrative crowds out AI's more immediate, concrete risks while benefiting big business.
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