— Edward Ongweso JrNewton proudly considers himself part of the "real and dangerous" crowd, but as Marcus points out only vaguely gestures at dangers while ignoring those that already exist: "Covert racism? Deepfakes? Propaganda? Discrimination in employment, insurance, and housing?" Marcus also points out the dichotomy comes with a glaring analytical blindspot: "thinking that if an AI is stupid (or overrated) it can't be dangerous." Newton charges the “fake and sucks” camp with a blindspot that overlooks danger but Newton’s is arguably more dangerous: his immaterial analysis would likely overlook AI-powered deepfakes, propaganda, fossil fuel extraction, insurance tech, and assassination drones, if it meant that chatbots were being used by hundreds of millions of people.
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