I have to believe this is the case. The vast majority of "ai safety" news I see is about some dumb shit someone is getting called out for supporting and the re

I have to believe this is the case. The vast majority of "ai safety" news I see is about some dumb shit someone is getting called out for supporting and the responses are always "ai safety is such a joke since they focus on these issues instead of real issues". Who does this benefit to have the "popular ai safety" news/people be ridiculous? It's not furthering the issues people seem to care about, but it does give a bunch of ammunition for Microsoft/openai/etc. fans to use to shutdown any discussion of AI safety issues.