[yogthos]

Doctorow has consistently one of the most sober takes on AI in my opinion. He acknowledges that we are in a bubble right now, but also understands that underlying tech has actual merit to it. And he does a good job explaining how the issues people project onto this technology isn't inherent to it, but rather stems from capitalist relations in our society.

[pishpash]

Aren't those completely obviously points?

[yogthos]

I see a lot of people struggling with them every day. Some people can't see that there's a bubble and think we're on a cusp of AGI. Others can't acknowledge that this tech has merit outside the hype. A lot of people seem to be at either one extreme of the spectrum or the other.