The ‘AI Will Kill Us’ Claim is Just a Wienie

On this week's episode of Lanterns (it's a great show about Green Lanterns), John Stewart mentions wienies.

It's not what you think. Walt Disney came up with the idea. It's an architectural feature that can draw your attention away from landscape details people don't want you to notice.

The 'AI will kill' us claim is a wienie. It's taking attention away from other, more present, risks AI poses to data privacy, security and our cognitive abilities.

Will AI kill us by 2030? I don't know. I'm more concerned with monitoring the AI that's in my email and helping me do my work.