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What the latest viral AI apocalypse warning gets wrong

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This is not your office next month. | Getty Images In a viral essay on X, “Something Big Is Happening,” Matt Shumer writes that the world is living through a moment similar to early Covid for artificial intelligence. The founder and CEO of OthersideAI argues that AI has crossed from useful assistant to general cognitive substitute. What’s more, AI is now helping build better versions of itself. Systems rivaling most human expertise could arrive soon. While experts know transformative change is coming fast, normies are about to be blindsided. To stick with the pandemic-era metaphor, To...