“On the other hand, we should start paying less attention to the TESCREALists (transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism and longtermism — you know the type) and their “AI” shock doctrine and focus more on the current real-world harms being caused by the zealous adoption of commercial “AI” products by every middle manager, university bureaucrat or confused citizen who doesn’t want to be left behind (which if left unchecked tends to lead to what critical “AI” theorist Dan MacQuillan terms algorithmic Thatcherism).”
Comment:
‘Shock doctrine’ is a reference to the famous book of Naomi Klein.