‘Things Will Never Be Chill Again’: The Doomers Who Shaped the AI Safety Freakout - WSJ

kept by eddie sep 28

The WSJ article profiles how AI safety doomers from Berkeley’s Constellation co‑working space, many tied to effective altruism, have influenced Anthropic and OpenAI, shaping AI development amid apocalyptic fears.

Four eras of San Francisco tech culture - by Noah Smith
Noah Smith outlines four eras of San Francisco tech culture from 2001 to present: Rebel, Corporate, Interregnum, and AI Era.
also on Effective Altruism, Anthropic, #culture, #ai
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Desperate Campaign to Get Free
Sam Bankman-Fried, serving a 25-year sentence for fraud, resists prison life by maintaining his innocence and mounting a campaign for a presidential pardon.
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How Chinese AI Radicalizes - by Irene Zhang - ChinaTalk
DeepSeek researcher Liu Shengyu warns that letting Anthropic monopolize advanced AI is as dangerous as Hitler acquiring the atom bomb, urging open-source AI to avert a cyberpunk dystopia.
also on Jacob Coxon, OpenAI, Anthropic, #business-strategy, #ai
The contagion of fear
The author warns that unsubstantiated AI extinction fears spread like a contagion, urging experts to avoid sensational claims without extraordinary evidence.
also on Jacob Coxon, Anthropic, #culture, #ai