This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, author of "The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication" and the AI Panic newsletter, to discuss how some AI safety organizations use questionable surveys, messaging, and media influence to spread fears about artificial intelligence risks, backed by hundreds of millions in funding from groups with ties to Effective Altruism.INTERVIEWIntroduction to guest Dr. Nirit Weiss-BlattResearch on how media coverage of tech shifted from optimistic to pessimisticAI doom predictions in mediaAI researchers predicting human extinctionCriticism of annual AI Impacts surveyRole of organizations like MIRI, FLI, Open Philanthropy in funding AI safety researchUsing fear to justify regulationsNeed for balanced AI coveragePotential for backlash against AI safety groupsWith influence comes responsibility and scrutinyThe challenge of responsible AI explorationNeed to take concerns seriously and explore responsiblyNEWS BITESMeta's AI teams are filled with female leadershipMeta embraces labeling of GenAI contentGoogle's AI Test Kitchen and image effects generator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.