Big AI to Humanity: Drop Dead

Author and lawyer Matthew Butterick discusses AI copyright lawsuits and AI safety debates. He criticizes media portrayals of AI catastrophe as sci-fi, arguing the real risk comes from alignment failure rather than malicious AI. There are now 142 such cases in the US, and he is co-counsel for plaintiffs in eight.

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