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The successive statements about AI\u2019s transformative impact on labor may help justify the booming valuation of some AI companies. But this rhetoric in part is also behind some backlash to the technology. A recent NBC News poll found just 26% of U.S. voters have a positive view of the technology, while 46% have a negative view. Now, OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane is warning people to relent on messaging around AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the conversation out there is not necessarily responsible,\u201d he told The San Francisco Standard. \u201cAnd when you put some of those thoughts and ideas out there, they do have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not fun and games,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is really serious s\u2013t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The constant drumbeat of promises of AI\u2019s labor market impact, as well as the threat of raising electricity bills and the danger it poses to kids, has a growing number of Americans rejecting the technology. And in recent weeks, backlash to the technology has turned violent. <\/p>\n

Last week, a 20-year-old man named Daniel Moreno-Gama traveled from his home in Texas to San Francisco and allegedly lobbed a Molotov cocktail at the gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s home. Authorities then found a manifesto from Moreno-Gama warning of humanity\u2019s extinction at the hands of AI, which included a threat of murder. Reactions to the attack across social platforms like Instagram and TikTok suggest the sentiment runs deep. Comments like \u201cHe\u2019s not scared enough\u201d and \u201cFREE THAT MAN HE DID NOTHING WRONG\u201d or \u201cFinally some good news on my feed\u201d reveal a widespread fear of the technology, at least across the internet.<\/p>\n

The incident follows a separate shooting at an Indiana city councilman\u2019s house after the councilman expressed support for a data center project in his district. The councilman said the perpetrator shot 13 bullets into the home and left a \u201cno data centers\u201d sign at the doorstep.<\/p>\n

What to do about the current discourse surrounding AI<\/p>\n

For Lehane, it\u2019s about emphasizing the positives of the technology. \u201cOur job at OpenAI and in the AI space\u2014and we need to do a much better job\u2014is to explain to people why\u2026this is going to be really good for them, for their families and for society writ large,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Of course, the AI optimists are already singing the praises of the technology. Some have that in just a few years, we\u2019ll be working a three-day work week and lounging at the beach as AI agents do our work for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have one group that effectively says, \u2018This is going to be the greatest thing ever, everyone\u2019s going to be living in beachside homes, painting in watercolors as they while away their days,\u2019\u201d Lehane said. \u201cAnd then you have another extreme, which I would call the Doomers, who have a very, very negative and dark view of humanity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The data so far supports some of Lehane\u2019s skepticism about the extreme predictions. A study published in February by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that out of 6,000 CEOs and other executives, the vast majority have seen little impact from AI on their operations. That\u2019s even as about two-thirds of executives reported using AI. And while some tech companies have initiated mass layoffs due to AI automation, including Jack Dorsey\u2019s Block, and most recently, Snap, the technology\u2019s impact on the labor market has yet to appear in macro data. In March, employers posted 178,000 job gains and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, suggesting job gains, at least in the short term, have outweighed AI-related layoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve had a series of things that have been put out there\u2014but haven\u2019t come to fruition\u2014about extreme things that are going to happen,\u201d Lehane said.<\/p>\n

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