Hank Green And The Fantastical Tales of God AIs
Savannah, Georgia—In the old lacquered coffee shop on the corner of Chippewa Square, I eat a blueberry scone the size of a young child’s head and sip cold black coffee while staring incredulously at my phone. I’m watching Hank Green interview Nate Soares, co-author of the new book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, and I am in utter disbelief at the conversation taking place before my eyes. Hank Green, the internet’s favorite rational science nerd, does not appear to be approaching this interview with any critical lens at all. Instead, he seems to be outright gushing over Soares, an AI-doomerist who’s made it impossible to know where his message ends and big tech’s lobbying begins. Let me explain…
Pretty good dive into part of why I don’t trust the companies producing the frontier AI models.
I also don’t buy AI doomerism. I agree it’s a FUD and regulatory capture tactic while also distracting from the real issues associated with AI.
There’s no putting LLMs back in the bag, so rather than anoint a few companies monopolies over the technology, I’d really rather see a continued open source ecosystem around it, which, I think, will help us find beneficial ways to apply this technology for individuals rather than keeping all the wealth and power concentrated in a few companies.