The people concerned with AI doom stopped talking to journalists because journalists typically didn't report very well on the issue.
...something I’m very concerned about is the use of AI for autonomous weapons. This is another area where we fight against media stereotypes. So when the media talk about autonomous weapons, they invariably have a picture of a Terminator. Always. And I tell journalists, I’m not going to talk to you if you put a picture of a Terminator in the article. And they always say, well, I don’t have any control over that, that’s a different part of the newspaper, but it always happens anyway.
Yea, it doesn't seem like we should conclude that nothing bad will ever happen with AI because it was predicted a while ago and hasn't happened yet and now those predictions aren't in the news as much now. The news is continuing to be sensationalized in a lot of places and content is trending to Twitter like viral messaging aim at generating ad revenues. Gloom and doom predictions of ai are old news, not interesting anymore and that content won't generate as much ad revenue.
it doesn't seem like we should conclude that <x will never happen> because it was predicted a while ago and hasn't happened yet and now those predictions aren't in the news as much now
See also: video calling [0], internet as a social revolution [1], coronavirus [2]
Regarding [2], the same guy who one year ago was accusing the UK gov of fear mongering covid now writes this:
Covid has exposed how incompetent the British state is, from top to bottom
Come the inevitable inquiry into the events of the past year, it is not only politicians who should carry the can. All the components of Britain’s government, central and local, should be tested – the constitution as a whole should be under examination.
Interesting how the media is missing from that list.
I highly recommend going back and looking at the history for yourself and NOT taking the parent comment at face value. Decide for yourself: is this guy just telling readers what they want to hear, or did he just change his mind as the situation played out? Was he honest? Are his articles worth reading now, and were they worth reading at time of publication? What would've you written in his situation?
I think you're giving columnists an easy ride here.
Every medical expert I have heard on the subject is reasonable and calm.
All the healthcare professionals I know were taking covid-19 very seriously, especially when they heard it had arrived in UK.
Doctors started renting bedsits so they could keep away from their families. Nurses were sharing recipes that used only tinned food, and telling people to get some extras in. (Well before we went into lockdown).
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The people concerned with AI doom stopped talking to journalists because journalists typically didn't report very well on the issue.
https://futureoflife.org/2020/06/15/steven-pinker-and-stuart...
Yea, it doesn't seem like we should conclude that nothing bad will ever happen with AI because it was predicted a while ago and hasn't happened yet and now those predictions aren't in the news as much now. The news is continuing to be sensationalized in a lot of places and content is trending to Twitter like viral messaging aim at generating ad revenues. Gloom and doom predictions of ai are old news, not interesting anymore and that content won't generate as much ad revenue.
See also: video calling [0], internet as a social revolution [1], coronavirus [2]
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2867419/videophone-in-sci...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/dec/05/internetn...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/corona...
Regarding [2], the same guy who one year ago was accusing the UK gov of fear mongering covid now writes this:
Interesting how the media is missing from that list.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/04/covid-...
Many journalists truly have no shame.
So this comment caught my eye, and I went back and looked at the author's previous articles. I did find a couple from early March 2020 that might fit the bill of "accusing the UK gov of fear-mongering": 1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/corona... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/09/cure-r...
Then we see this change in tone a month later in April 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/wrong-...
I highly recommend going back and looking at the history for yourself and NOT taking the parent comment at face value. Decide for yourself: is this guy just telling readers what they want to hear, or did he just change his mind as the situation played out? Was he honest? Are his articles worth reading now, and were they worth reading at time of publication? What would've you written in his situation?
I think you're giving columnists an easy ride here.
All the healthcare professionals I know were taking covid-19 very seriously, especially when they heard it had arrived in UK.
Doctors started renting bedsits so they could keep away from their families. Nurses were sharing recipes that used only tinned food, and telling people to get some extras in. (Well before we went into lockdown).