The story here is that coverage critical of AI has been authored in major media outlets by journalists funded by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, which in turn is funded by the Future of Life Institute, which we read here "is dedicated to warning about AI risks." Tarbell, for its part, says "we maintain a strict firewall between our funding and our fellows' editorial output." But of course Tarbell has already exercised its influence through the selection of fellowship winners. I think this is just one more example of how much 'authoritative' journalism (NBC News, Bloomberg, Time, The Verge, and The Los Angeles Times, etc. etc. etc.) is actually paid for by third parties. If we're living in a post-truth world, it started long before there was social media and AI. Via Jeff Jarvis.
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