Sharing a relevant blog post today by Harry Law on the limits to growth and predictions of doom, and lessons for AI governance, which cites this post.
Apologies that I still owe some replies to the discussion below, I’ve found it all really helpful (thank you!). I agree with those who say that it would be useful to have some deeper historical analysis of the impact of past ‘doomer’ predictions on credibility, which is clearly informative to the question of the weight we should assign to the ‘cry wolf’ concern.
Sharing a relevant blog post today by Harry Law on the limits to growth and predictions of doom, and lessons for AI governance, which cites this post.
Apologies that I still owe some replies to the discussion below, I’ve found it all really helpful (thank you!). I agree with those who say that it would be useful to have some deeper historical analysis of the impact of past ‘doomer’ predictions on credibility, which is clearly informative to the question of the weight we should assign to the ‘cry wolf’ concern.
https://www.harrylaw.co.uk/post/ai-governance-and-the-limits-to-growth