In 2024, warning calls about catastrophic AI risks were drowned out by the tech industry's promotion of a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
In 2024, warning calls about catastrophic AI risks were drowned out by the tech industry's promotion of a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI  —  For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race.