7 Ways AI Media Coverage is Failing Us

 

I identified 7 flaws in current AI media coverage and organized them into a short piece.

Check it out:

7 Ways AI Media Coverage is Failing Us

The AI Dilemma’s Panic-as-a-Business

I created a detailed breakdown of the new “AI Dilemma” and the infamous “Extinction from AI” survey.

 

The AI Dilemma’s Panic-as-a-Business:

- Freaking people out with monstrous AI

- Freaking people out with dubious survey stats

- Distracting people from the real issues

 

Check it out:

Like The Social Dilemma Did, The AI Dilemma Seeks To Mislead You With Misinformation

The AI Doomers’ Playbook

 

Mass media plays a key role in promoting AI Doomers, like

 

Sam -Light out for all of us- Altman

Tristan -AI's godlike powers will master us- Harris

Eliezer -Destroy a rogue datacenter by airstrike- Yudkowsky

 

From “AI Panic Marketing” to “AI Panic as a Business,” there’s a clear playbook.

 

This new article explains why “Instead of out-of-control AI, we have out-of-control panic”:

AI Doomers’ Playbook

@DrTechlash on Tech News Weekly podcast: AI doomers are distracting us from the real problems

  

I appeared on the Tech News Weekly podcast (TWiT network) to discuss the media coverage of AI—specifically, the rise of AI doomerism.

Give it a listen:

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Overwhelmed By All The Generative AI Headlines? This Guide Is For You

There's a strange synergy now between people who hype AI's capabilities and those who thereby create false fears (about those so-called capabilities).
It’s all overwhelming. But none of this is new.
 
Since we’re flooded with news about generative AI and its “magic powers,” I gathered the Top 10 AI frames from the most positive (pro-AI) to the most negative (anti-AI).
 
My hope is that after reading this, you’ll be able to cut through the AI hype. ⤵

Overwhelmed By All The Generative AI Headlines? This Guide Is For You