Experts question AI doomsday narrative: science or marketing?

At an SMC Spain briefing, three Spanish AI experts discussed the evidence and commercial motives behind AI doomsday warnings. CSIC professor López de Mántaras said attributing human abilities to models helps exaggerate the technology's power to investors and the public, citing marketing and responsibility-shirking.

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