The AI Industry Must Stop Doom Trolling w/ Cal Newport
Ed Zitron and Cal Newport dissect the absurdity of AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI fearmongering about their own products, a tactic Newport dubs 'doom trolling'—a morally bankrupt strategy that terrifies the public while making no real changes to development. The real story isn’t A
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