Anyone with the expertise to have insightful takes in AI also has a financial incentive to steer the conversation in particular directions. This is also the cas

Anyone with the expertise to have insightful takes in AI also has a financial incentive to steer the conversation in particular directions. This is also the case for many, many other fields! You do not become an expert by quarantining your livelihood away from your expertise! The correct response is not to dismiss every statement from someone with a conflict of interest as "basically worthless", but to talk to lots of people and to be reasonably skeptical.