> But the difference is that generative AI leaders literally think that they are about to create a techno-utopia What honestly baffles me is that not even thos

> But the difference is that generative AI leaders literally think that they are about to create a techno-utopia What honestly baffles me is that not even those are presenting a positive vision for AI. On the contrary, the main PR angle of "generative AI" leaders right now is the "AI is a critical danger for humanity" doomsday cult. The one "positive" spin on this seems to come from the e/acc faction of the cult who frame it as some sort of natural evolutionary progression: "sure, AI will wipe out humanity, but that's actually a good thing". But both the e/alt and e/acc legs of the cult seem to agree that a) AI is a threat to humanity, b) It's inevitable that AI will become more powerful than humanity and c) we nevertheless have to build it for some reason. If the two publicly visible mindsets of its thought leaders are "cold-hearted Manchester capitalist who wants to replace even more workers with machines" and "tech-pyromanic madman who fears his soul to be eternally tortured by an AI unless he brings that very AI into existence" then it's not exactly a surprise if the tech is received negatively.