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Claims of imminent dangerous superintelligence are not grounded in sound scientific or engineering practices.

AIClimateTechnologyOct 3, 2026score 0.632 posts · 1 replies across 2 instances
The thread critiques the AI hype surrounding claims of dangerous superintelligence, arguing these claims are based on flawed ideologies and neglect real-world issues like climate change. It highlights the AI industry's focus on fictional threats over tangible environmental impacts.

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Claims of imminent dangerous superintelligence are not grounded in sound scientific or engineering practices.
Parent: AIEntity: AI hypeImpact: negativeDate: Oct 3, 2026 - Oct 5, 2026Target: Claims of imminent dangerous superintelligence
The AI industry prioritizes concerns about fictional machine gods over real-world issues like climate change exacerbated by their data centers.
Parent: AIEntity: AI industrySub-entity: data centersImpact: negativeDate: Oct 3, 2026 - Oct 5, 2026Target: Prioritization of fictional threats over real-world issues

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Analysis: "Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype" "Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice".. ...but "in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, & wishful thinking." The claims fall apart under scrutiny. The AI industry says we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe exacerbated by their data centers, etc https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/ #USPol #EUPol #AIHype #Eugenics #TechBros .
6 boosts · 4 favs · 0 replies · Oct 4, 2026
#uspol#eupol#aihype#eugenics#techbros
@[email protected]
Analysis: "Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype" "Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice".. ...but "in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, & wishful thinking." The claims fall apart under scrutiny. The AI industry says we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe exacerbated by their data centers, etc https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/ #USPol #EUPol #AIHype #Eugenics #TechBros .
10 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Oct 3, 2026
#uspol#eupol#aihype#eugenics#techbros
@[email protected]
Analysis: "Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype" "Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice".. ...but "in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, & wishful thinking." The claims fall apart under scrutiny. The AI industry says we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe exacerbated by their data centers, etc https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/ #USPol #EUPol #AIHype #Eugenics #TechBros .
11 boosts · 0 favs · 1 replies · Oct 4, 2026
#uspol#eupol#aihype#eugenics#techbros
@[email protected]
Analysis: "Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype" "Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice".. ...but "in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, & wishful thinking." The claims fall apart under scrutiny. The AI industry says we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe exacerbated by their data centers, etc https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/ #USPol #EUPol #AIHype #Eugenics #TechBros .
5 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Oct 5, 2026
#uspol#eupol#aihype#eugenics#techbros