News Summary

• Many of the people who are most worried about AI's power are also the people running the most powerful AI companies.
• Some AI critics accuse the Amodeis and Altmans of the world of inflating apocalyptic AI worries in order to hype their own businesses.
• In San Francisco, Roose says, it's not uncommon to find people in the tech scene who think the likelihood that AI will bring about doomsday at 50% or more.
• "If we want the world to be OK, we — "the good guys" have to win the race, because otherwise it is only a matter of time before someone else wins the race," Roose says.