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Gebru: AI 'existential risk' narrative is harmful marketing, not science

Gebru traces existential risk narrative to billionaire-funded networks

1 Sep 29 6:30 AM · 15d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 2

In the interview, Gebru traces the existential risk rhetoric back to 2013 and prominent figures including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. She notes that the same billionaires—including Jaan Tallinn, who funded Anthropic's Series A—appear across multiple institutions like the Future of Life Institute and METR, creating an appearance of consensus while actually representing interconnected funding networks.

Gebru traces existential risk narrative to billionaire-funded networks
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“Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have been saying this is going on since 2013. Prominent people have been saying that AI is an existential risk to humanity. It is exactly the same rhetoric every three years.”

Timnit Gebru

Timnit Gebru AI researcher and criticLauren Goode Wired journalistGoogle Former employerAnthropic AI company

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  1. 1 outlet Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

    first by WIRED, 15d ago

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