Is artificial intelligence a 'doomerism'?

Artificial intelligence "doomerism" is only the latest in a long tradition of intellectuals making ... [+] A growing number of intellectuals are embracing “AI doomerism”—the belief that artificial intelligence will lead to the end of humanity or at least to some significant catastrophic event.

What is a doomer & doomerism?

Doomer and, by extension, doomerism are terms which arose primarily on the Internet to describe people who are extremely pessimistic or fatalistic about global problems such as overpopulation, peak oil, climate change, pollution, nuclear weapons, and runaway artificial intelligence.

Will AI doomerism gain traction?

Given all the hyperbole, AI doomerism will probably not gain significant traction, especially in the near term. Environmental alarmism took years to seep into the public consciousness, and even today relatively little has been done to combat global warming.

Will AI doomerism captivate the public?

Given AI doomerism is unlikely to captivate the public, we should welcome its arrival as it displaces more influential forms of over-the-top scaremongering.