I think this comment describes a really important crux here- the mentality of AI safety being like demonic possession is a mentality that’s one of the core tools in the toolbox of anyone trying to criticize AI safety in bad faith.
This is a routinely recurring dynamic, in public statements by celebrities like Mitchell, in the news, etc, and ignoring it because it’s stupid, is to ignore a key gear in any information warfare battlespace (a defensive one in this case). They might be afraid to mention it outright, but it can still be between the lines a majority of the time, a dog whistle, etc.
I think this comment describes a really important crux here- the mentality of AI safety being like demonic possession is a mentality that’s one of the core tools in the toolbox of anyone trying to criticize AI safety in bad faith.
This is a routinely recurring dynamic, in public statements by celebrities like Mitchell, in the news, etc, and ignoring it because it’s stupid, is to ignore a key gear in any information warfare battlespace (a defensive one in this case). They might be afraid to mention it outright, but it can still be between the lines a majority of the time, a dog whistle, etc.