Your Favorite Science YouTubers Are Wrong About AI, (e.g. SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill )

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Are popular educational channels acting as the PR arm for the AI industry?
There is a consistent narrative spreading across YouTube—from channels like SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill—that claims Artificial Intelligence is an "inevitable" god-like force destined to either save or destroy humanity. But as a software professional since the 1980s, I see a different story: one of bugs, hype, and industry propaganda.

In this video, we debunk the apocalyptic AI narratives and expose the "L.I.E.S." being sold to you:
Lethality: Why the "AI extinction" theory is unsupported nonsense.
Inevitability: The myth that we cannot stop or regulate AI development.
Exceptionalism: Why AI isn't as "new" or "different" as they claim (debunking the nuclear power comparison).

We also investigate "Control AI," the sponsor behind some of these videos, and analyze why Big Tech CEOs prefer you worry about a sci-fi apocalypse rather than real-world issues like disinformation, mass unemployment, and human rights violations.

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0:00 YouTubers Shilling for the AI Apocalypse
01:58 Intro
03:18 Narrative 1: Inevitability
05:01 Narrative 2: Exceptionalism
09:35 Narrative 3: Lethality
12:05 Source behind (at least some of) these narratives
18:01 Why extinction narratives are counterproductive
20:33 How to spot AI propaganda
21:17 Outro