"That disconnect, David Sacks insists, isn't because AI threatens your job, privacy and the future of the economy itself. No - according to the venture-capitalist-turned-Trump-advisor, it's all part of a $1 billion plot by what he calls the "Doomer Industrial Complex," a shadow network of Effective Altruist billionaires bankrolled by the likes of convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz."
"Sacks argued that public distrust of AI isn't organic at all - it's manufactured. He pointed to research by tech-culture scholar Nirit Weiss-Blatt, who has spent years mapping the "AI doom" ecosystem of think tanks, nonprofits, and futurists. Weiss-Blatt documents hundreds of groups that promote strict regulation or even moratoriums on advanced AI systems. She argues that much of the money behind those organizations can be traced to a small circle of donors in the Effective Altruism movement, including Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, Skype's Jaan Tallinn, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin."
Public distrust of AI is portrayed as manufactured rather than arising from concerns about jobs, privacy, or the economy. The portrayal centers on an alleged "Doomer Industrial Complex," described as a shadow network of Effective Altruist billionaires bankrolling organizations that promote strict AI regulation or moratoriums. Research by tech-culture scholar Nirit Weiss-Blatt maps an "AI doom" ecosystem of think tanks, nonprofits, and futurists and traces more than $1 billion in philanthropic funding to efforts studying or mitigating existential AI risk. Open Philanthropy rejects apocalyptic framing, emphasizes AI's potential, and supports nonpartisan risk-management work.
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