Please Stop the AI Confidence Theater
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Elena Verna examines what she calls AI confidence theater — the pattern of ambitious public statements from AI companies and researchers about capabilities and timelines, often stated with more certainty than current evidence supports. According to Verna, this cycle of confident predictions followed by delays, missed targets, or quiet revisions creates a credibility problem for the industry. Her piece argues that whether the optimism is ultimately justified or not, the gap between confident promises and messy reality fuels skepticism among both the public and serious observers.
Source: https://www.elenaverna.com/p/please-stop-the-ai-confidenc...
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