The vast majority of those in the trenches building AI view such comments as deeply unhelpful and inaccurate. Those who know it best wish everyone would talk about AI like a “normal technology.” — Photo by Nahrizul Kadri on Unsplash
These days, AI is definitely near the peak of the hype cycle, when pronouncements about a new technology reach their most fevered pitch. But even given that reality, CEOs of AI companies and other assorted AI boosters have been saying a lot of creepy and extreme stuff lately.
Some of these comments are just overenthusiastic salesmanship. Earlier this year, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, for example, predicted that AI would be writing 90 percent of all code in six months. That’s clearly not coming true.
