This quote from @EricRWeinstein — “ our business people become our designed public thinkers by default” — looms heavily now, as business people with enormous economic interests busy themselves redefining and opining on terms like “AGI” and “superintelligence”. Their lies and distortions around the alleged imminence of these things are likely to cause a crippling blow to the world’s economy. And the business media’s common “A CEO said a thing” journalistic style, in which they parrot absurd claims—without serious skepticism—is only exacerbating all this When the bubble pops, and taxpayers are forced to bail out this mess, the cultlike adoration of business people who know little about how intelligence actually works will have been a major factor. Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) Allowing “our business people become our designated public thinkers [b]y default” has indeed been an absolute catastrophe. — https://nitter.net/GaryMarcus/status/2028859980896751660#m

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