1970s: Let's scare the heck out of people about nuclear energy, so that instead of zero-emission power plants we'll use lung-darkening, climate-warming coal and oil plants, killing millions in the process.
2020s: Let's scare the heck out of people about AI, so that instead of amplifying human intelligence and solving the world's biggest problems, we'll make sure progress slows down to a crawl.
Let's make
#AI like biotech, where companies must demonstrate safety, rather than the civilian nuclear industry, where poor safety standards gave us Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima and a backlash that crushed the industry:
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