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by Aurornis 37 days ago
The audience feels threatened. Reading anti-AI hot takes is comforting when you’re afraid it’s going to take your job.

There is a lot of hype right now about AGI destroying the economy, replacing workers, or even ending the world. Companies are embellishing as they run up to IPO. But there’s a lot of unhealthy counter-beliefs trying to take it the opposite extreme. Keeping up with AI news is about avoiding the hype monsters at either end of the spectrum.