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'Control AI', a non-profit that ostensibly works to protect humanity from the risks of AI, is actually sponsoring influencers to divert public attention away from them

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  1. [4]
    Lia
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    I've taken the liberty to write an alternative title. The video itself is titled: 'Your Favorite Science YouTubers Are Wrong About AI, (e.g. SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill )' Video description...

    I've taken the liberty to write an alternative title. The video itself is titled: 'Your Favorite Science YouTubers Are Wrong About AI, (e.g. SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill )'

    Video description (emphasis mine):

    Are popular educational channels acting as the PR arm for the AI industry?
    There is a consistent narrative spreading across YouTube—from channels like SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill—that claims Artificial Intelligence is an "inevitable" god-like force destined to either save or destroy humanity. But as a software professional since the 1980s, I see a different story: one of bugs, hype, and industry propaganda.

    In this video, we debunk the apocalyptic AI narratives and expose the "L.I.E.S." being sold to you:
    Lethality: Why the "AI extinction" theory is unsupported nonsense.
    Inevitability: The myth that we cannot stop or regulate AI development.
    Exceptionalism: Why AI isn't as "new" or "different" as they claim (debunking the nuclear power comparison).

    We also investigate "Control AI," the sponsor behind some of these videos, and analyze why Big Tech CEOs prefer you worry about a sci-fi apocalypse rather than real-world issues like disinformation, mass unemployment, and human rights violations.

    Side note: This creator got demonetised by YouTube despite being extremely sensible and non-inflammatory (save perhaps for the above description). Meaning YT is taking ad revenue from his viewers but giving none of it to him, and he also can't make subscriber only content. Meanwhile the above mentioned fear mongering is allowed to continue.

    23 votes
    1. [3]
      Ozzy
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      Zero surprise that YouTube demonetized him. God what a trash platform by a trash company. I wish there was a viable alternative to this…

      Zero surprise that YouTube demonetized him.

      God what a trash platform by a trash company. I wish there was a viable alternative to this…

      12 votes
      1. PossiblyBipedal
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        As a YouTube replacement, Nebula seems pretty decent. But to get people to replace Google? Damn. How do you even begin?

        As a YouTube replacement, Nebula seems pretty decent.

        But to get people to replace Google? Damn. How do you even begin?

        5 votes
      2. snake_case
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        I wonder if those other science platforms post pro-doomer-ai stuff because Youtube/Google forced their hands by threat of demonetization

        I wonder if those other science platforms post pro-doomer-ai stuff because Youtube/Google forced their hands by threat of demonetization

        2 votes