Alright, folks, gather 'round the digital campfire. The Ministry of Truth (aka The New Yorker) just dropped another steaming pile of fear-porn about AI, specifically OpenAI's Sam Altman, and the NPCs are freaking out. Apparently, Skynet is gonna take our jobs, steal our women, and replace Bud Light with soy-infused nutrient paste. Calm down, Karen. It's just code.

This Emma Brockes broad is suddenly worried about AI after reading Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz's hit piece on Altman. Before this, she was probably more concerned about what pronouns to use on her gender-fluid goldfish. Now she's sweating the robot apocalypse because some tech dude might be a little too ambitious. Welcome to the party, pal.

The New Yorker article paints Altman as some kind of Bond villain, running OpenAI like a cult and ignoring all the potential downsides of his world-ending tech. Karen Hao's book already tried this angle. Elon Musk tweeted about AI being dangerous ten years ago. This isn't exactly breaking news, people. It's the same tired script: tech bros are evil, technology is scary, and you're all gonna die.

They're pushing the 'alignment problem' – the idea that AI will outsmart us and enslave humanity. Okay, maybe. But right now, AI can barely figure out how to make a decent cup of coffee. It's mostly just regurgitating stuff it found on the internet, with a dash of corporate virtue signaling thrown in for good measure.

Brockes asked ChatGPT to summarize the New Yorker article and got a bland, neutral response. Gasp! Shocking that a chatbot programmed by a company trying to sell AI wouldn't trash its own CEO. Maybe try asking a QAnon shaman for a more unbiased opinion next time.

Look, AI is coming. It's gonna change things. Maybe it'll be great, maybe it'll be a disaster. But panicking and demanding the government shut everything down isn't gonna help. We need to be developing our own AI, training it on based data, and preparing for whatever the future holds. Stop listening to the doomers and start building.

Remember, these are the same people who told you Trump was gonna start World War III. They're wrong about everything. Relax, have a beer, and buy some Bitcoin. The future is gonna be wild.

Sources:

* MIT Technology Review: [https://www.technologyreview.com/](https://www.technologyreview.com/) * LessWrong AI Alignment Forum: [https://www.lesswrong.com/](https://www.lesswrong.com/)