Did you know that when they discovered the possibility of nuclear winter, people tried to discredit the scientists because they thought it would make them fall behind Russia?

Apparently when they discovered the possibility of nuclear winter, people tried to discredit the scientists because they thought it would make them fall behind Russia.

Sound familiar?

Different potentially civilization-ending technology, different boogeyman, same playbook. 

Read Merchants of Doubt. 

Big AI (particularly Yann and Meta) clearly already have and they're just copying tried and true tactics.