AI doomism is quickly becoming indistinguishable from an apocalyptic religion
&gt; Complete with prophecies of imminent fire and brimstone caused by an omnipotent entity that doesn&#x27;t actually exist.<p>That seems like an absurd comparison given people like LeCun are actively and intentionally working towards creating this super-human entity.<p>(Some) scientists were rightfully worried when creating a nuclear bomb as well. The fact that we managed to survive 70 years with its existence does not automatically mean it has to work out with every such invention.<p>Nukes have the fortunate properties that they are very difficult&#x2F;expensive to produce even for countries, and then you need very difficult to design and expensive systems to deliver them. It&#x27;s rather doubtful that AIs will have similar constraints.