Well, you can dismiss them and their argument if you want to — I personally don’t find their arguments terribly convincing, and their social media presence is, as you point out, strident.
But one must be aware that to a surprising extent, they control the narrative about AI safety in academia and the mainstream media. So if one cares about making AI safety seem credible, it’s worth engaging with them.
Do they really control the narrative in the “mainstream media,” though, or just a few far-left content mills that tend to get clicks by being really outrageous?
Well, you can dismiss them and their argument if you want to — I personally don’t find their arguments terribly convincing, and their social media presence is, as you point out, strident.
But one must be aware that to a surprising extent, they control the narrative about AI safety in academia and the mainstream media. So if one cares about making AI safety seem credible, it’s worth engaging with them.
Do they really control the narrative in the “mainstream media,” though, or just a few far-left content mills that tend to get clicks by being really outrageous?