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Databricks' @alighodsi says "Right now the existential risk is close to zero." Why he thinks the public doom talk is irresponsible: "Leaders have responsibility to not freak people out unnecessarily unless there's really, really good reason." "Talking about these kind of existential risks and scenarios where all of humanity's gonna be wiped out, I think is irresponsible. It can tip a lot of people over, and it can cause a lot of mental health issues." "If there is an actual reason for it, that's a different story. But I think that right now the existential risk is close to zero. So why freak everybody out? It's not actually needed. There are risks. We'll get into it. That's probably where we disagree." "First and foremost, I think leaders should not freak everyone out." "If there's technical nuances in how we're doing AI research, researchers can discuss that. You don't need to every time go on TV and blast on Twitter to millions of people that 'I think there's like this 10% risk that all humanity is gonna be wiped out.'" "I think it causes a lot of harm for a lot of folks who get stressed out and actually are not in the nuances of all of this stuff and what it means." @alighodsi @sarahdingwang @martin_casado

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