That's all because of the *bubble*, and the bubble relies on the idea that AI is *exceptional*, not normal. Repeating and amplifying claims about AI's exceptionalism *helps* the AI companies, because they rely on exceptionalism to keep the capital flowing and the bubble inflating.
AI is a normal technology. It's normal for a technology to be invented by unlikable and immoral people and institutions.
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Cory Doctorow
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