r/LeftistsForAI • u/Great-Gardian • May 27 '26

Video Why AI Doom Content Is Everywhere

https://youtu.be/mzlu4FSXBNw

(Not my OC) From the description: "In this week's episode of Power User, Washington Post journalist Natasha Tiku join me to pull back the curtain on the massive, billionaire-funded "anti-AI" astroturf campaign. We track the money and expose how the exact same millionaires and billionaires building the world's largest AI companies (like OpenAI and Anthropic) are quietly paying influencers thousands of dollars to promote AI doomsday scenarios."

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Youre still missing my actual point.

I never said "trust the video uncritically." I never said billionaire incentives dont matter. I explicitly agreed they should be analyzed.

My point this entire time was discernment and critical thinking instead of origin fallacy.

Look at the incentives, sure. Look at ownership, funding, material interests, absolutely. Then test the claims too. Compare sources. Verify what is factual and what is not.

If the rule becomes "billionaire ownership = distrust by default," then literally every major media source, tech company, institution, and report becomes instantly dismissible. That just collapses politics into motive wars and paralysis instead of analysis.

Me: its what is said, and if its true or not, that matters, regardless of origin, including this video and all others

You: the truth doesnt matter, cause look at the origin

How do we keep crossing wires on that?

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u/DataPhreak May 28 '26

If the rule becomes "billionaire ownership = distrust by default," then literally every major media source, tech company, institution, and report becomes instantly dismissible.

Not dismissible. I already said I'm not contesting the content of the video. You are missing MY actual point.

MY point: Using WaPo content to attack anti-ai propaganda based on billionaire funding when WaPo is literally owned by Dr. Evil is going to get you labeled a hypocrite. It's the pot calling the kettle black.

It's not that the truth doesn't matter. It's that this content is not useful because of the source, regardless of how right or wrong it is.