alt.hn

3/8/2026 at 10:46:21 PM

Ezra Klein: The Future We Feared Is Here

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/opinion/ai-anthropic-claude-pentagon-hegseth-amodei.html

by doener

3/8/2026 at 11:42:24 PM

> For years now, questions about A.I. have taken the form of “what happens if?” What happens if A.I. begins replacing workers? What happens if it becomes capable of writing its own code? What happens if it begins to deceive those testing its capabilities? What happens if governments use it for surveillance and war? What happens if governments decide it is so powerful that they need control of the labs that develop it?

> This year, the A.I. questions have taken a new form, “what happens now?”

https://archive.ph/yaJnE

by mitchbob

3/9/2026 at 12:27:24 AM

Ezra Klein - any premise he has had in past 1-2 years is built on a maligned belief in AGI that is unscientific. Have heard he recently pivoted eg “moved goal posts” for his AGI timeline but the guy appears to be wasting time following delusional trends, this piece included.

by rooftopzen

3/9/2026 at 1:18:14 AM

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by JohnnyLarue