[chongli]

Why would a company warn that their technology is dangerous if it wasn't?

The whole point of the article is to answer this question, and here's the answer:

Because all the AI doom fear-mongering is driving sky-high valuations. The more the public panics, the more investors open their wallets.

[ajyoon]

Is there any evidence of this? It seems like a thing people say all the time, but completely unsubstantiated.

[chongli]

What else is there? The product as delivered today doesn't come anywhere near a justification for these valuations. All of it is built on an expectation of future capabilities, and that's where the Dario-penned doom papers come in.

[ben_w]

You cold also drive valuations like Musk does.

Hype up the *positives*.

Even here on HN, Tesla fans try to justify the market cap by pointing at Optimus, even though nobody can buy it and there's already competition for it which you can buy.

[ben_w]

In fairness, it is true that there is a correlation such that:

> The more the public panics, the more investors open their wallets.

I don't believe this to be causation, but I can see the correlation.