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0 pointsalganet10mo ago0 comments

Of course not, bigger risk. And I'm not talking about fear. I said hype.

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I can't see why you'd call it hype.

Hype is messaging designed to attract people. What is attractive about the message, "The AI labs need to be shut down or they are going to get us all killed"?

That is throwing a big old wet blanket on the hype, it seems to me.

alganetOP10mo ago

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

It's a book. To capitalize on the AI hype.

hollerith10mo ago

If the purpose of writing the book is "a cheap cash grab" (your phrase), why doesn't the book say how wonderful AI will be? Wouldn't that sell many more copies?

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hollerith10mo ago

I can't see why you'd call it hype.

Hype is messaging designed to attract people. What is attractive about the message, "The AI labs need to be shut down or they are going to get us all killed"?

That is throwing a big old wet blanket on the hype, it seems to me.

alganetOP10mo ago

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

It's a book. To capitalize on the AI hype.

hollerith10mo ago

If the purpose of writing the book is "a cheap cash grab" (your phrase), why doesn't the book say how wonderful AI will be? Wouldn't that sell many more copies?

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