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I don't think the oil companies are behind these articles. That is very much a wheels within wheels type thinking that corporations don't generally invest in. It is easier to just deny climate change instead of getting everyone distracted by something else.
You're probably right, but I just wonder where all this AI panic is coming from. There was a story on the Washington Post a few weeks back saying that millions are being invested into university groups that are studying the risks of AI. It just seems that something is afoot that doesn't look like just a natural reaction or overreaction. Perhaps this story itself explains it: the Big Tech companies trying to tamp down competition from startups.
Because of dumb fucks using ChatGPT to do unethical and illegal shit, like fraudulently create works that mimic a writer and claim it's that writer's work to sell for cash, blatant copyright infringement, theft, cheating on homework and tests, all sorts of dumbassery.
It is coming from ratings and click based economy. Panic sells so they sell panic. No one is going to click an article titled "everything mostly fine".