The two writers you quote are not really evidence of leftist receptivity to the idea of AI as an extinction risk. In both cases, they are focused on AI as a cause of cultural degradation, and are simply giving a rhetorical nod to a vague maximum dystopia in the midst of their rant. It’s not like they are making a list of AI threats they take seriously, and then noting, oh and by the way, the AIs might take over and wipe us out, too. Their notion of long-term risks from AI is more like dysfunctional Idiocracy or farcical techbro dictatorship.
The two writers you quote are not really evidence of leftist receptivity to the idea of AI as an extinction risk. In both cases, they are focused on AI as a cause of cultural degradation, and are simply giving a rhetorical nod to a vague maximum dystopia in the midst of their rant. It’s not like they are making a list of AI threats they take seriously, and then noting, oh and by the way, the AIs might take over and wipe us out, too. Their notion of long-term risks from AI is more like dysfunctional Idiocracy or farcical techbro dictatorship.