A pretty influential and very well-financed subculture of AI philosophers are currently performing a comprehensive lobbying campaign for AI regulation. They generally go by Rationalists or Effective Altruism, and have a philosophy stemming from MIRI, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares and others.
They've had considerable success getting traction for these views with politicians in Europe, and that's the reason you see so much of this in the media currently. I'm hoping more sane voices will soon get organized, because significant parts of this are reminiscent of a well-funded doomsday cult.
I think this article is an early attempt at creating a politically viable counterpoint.
They've had considerable success getting traction for these views with politicians in Europe, and that's the reason you see so much of this in the media currently. I'm hoping more sane voices will soon get organized, because significant parts of this are reminiscent of a well-funded doomsday cult.
I think this article is an early attempt at creating a politically viable counterpoint.