I have yet to see a coherent explanation for how a system whose 'primary goal, insofar as they have one, is to produce human-like text,' becomes an existential threat to the human race.
The reason why you have all these alarmists...is a deflection from the real harms and risks that generative AI produces, namely things like bias and reinforcing inequalities that already exist.
Now, the reason why you have all these alarmists - and this is tinfoil hat territory - but it's a deflection from the real harms and risks that generative AI produces.
The people who are doing all the Skynet doomsday stuff are also, coincidentally, the people who will financially benefit the most from AI vacuuming up all the profits and not having to pay wages.
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