Rise of AI doomers and AI fear is being sold. (AMA)

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Many people fear AI will harm humanity, but this fear is not based on reality. The main concerns are that superintelligent AI could become uncontrollable, a single mistake could lead to irreversible AI dominance, and some predict humanity's demise if AI development isn't halted.

However, these are just theories, and even top AI labs acknowledge that creating human-level AI is uncertain. Currently, AI faces significant limitations, with 95% of AI projects failing. Some groups benefit from AI fear-mongering, including large corporations, doomsday prophets, politicians, and media and influencers.

This fear-mongering has negative impacts, including neglected real issues, division and mistrust, stifled innovation, and a lack of trust in AI. The World Economic Forum warns that approaching AI with fear is the opposite of what we should do, and that the greatest risk is humans using fear to gain power, money, and control.