Dorothea Baur: AI doomers scare for donations, and the money flows to Dario & Sam
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-16
Ethics scholar Dorothea Baur criticized the AI doomer camp: doomers need to raise money too, and the more they terrify people, the more they raise — funding and narratives that ultimately benefit people like Dario and Sam. Without doomers, top labs wouldn't have their current funding logic. Gary Marcus amplified the take, highlighting growing infighting over the fear-driven fundraising structure within and around the AI safety community.
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