In a report from Google, who is heavily invested in AI becoming the future, I actually expect the respondents to sound more positive about AI than they actually are

Much like in person I pretend to think AI is much more powerful and inevitable than I actually think it is. Professionally it makes very little sense to be truthful. Sincerity won't pay the bills.

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bluefirebrand 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Everyone lying to their bosses about how useful AI is has placed us all in a prisoner's dilemma where we all have to lie or we get replaced

If only people could be genuinely critical without worrying they will be fired

	▲	surgical_fire 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I agree. I also don't make the rules. And to be honest, I don't really care. It is a very comfortable position to be in. Allow me to explain: I genuinely believe AI poses no threat to my employment. I identify the only medium term threat the very likely economic slowdown in the coming years. Meanwhile, I am happy to do this silly dance while companies waste money and resources on what I see as a dead-end, wasteful technology. I am not here to make anything better.