In early February, Matt Schumer, founder of OthersideAI and creator of the AI writing tool HyperWrite, published a 5,000-word essay titled “Something Big Is Happening.” The piece, filled with terror-inducing descriptions of AI’s ability to create new AI, explains that AI’s disruption to society will be “much bigger” than COVID-19, and it’s already happening. The piece racked up more than 60 million views in two days. It’s been the subject of commentary, reporting, and online discourse in the weeks since its publication.
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