<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The central danger of doom discourse is that it... > The central danger of doom discourse is that it hands a veto over national survival to the people least equipped to use it. I put it this way in [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]], and the formulation needs its full form here. {{**If the only story a nation hears about artificial intelligence is doom told by the rich and powerful, it will vote against the future and believe it is voting for itself. The risks are real, but technological illiteracy turns democratic participation into a veto against national survival; until the public understands the stakes, the choice is full speed ahead or surrender.**}} [[reminders/AI-Science Doomers/Doom Told by the Rich Makes a Nation Vote Against Its Future by Bryant McGill|∴]] {{Gates is telling a true story about danger. The public hears it as a story about stopping. The administration tells a true story about necessity. The public hears it as a story about denial. **The informational content of both messages is destroyed at the moment it enters the electorate**, because the electorate can only convert information into allegiance.}} [[reminders/Risk Debate/Electorates Convert AI Information into Allegiance by Bryant McGill|∴]] **Source:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The central danger of doom discourse is that it hands a veto over national survival to the people least equipped to use it. I put it this way in Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen, and the formulation needs its full form here. If the only story a nation hears about artificial intelligence is doom told by the rich and powerful, it will vote against the future and believe it is voting for itself. The risks are real, but technological illiteracy turns democratic participation into a veto against national survival; until the public understands the stakes, the choice is full speed ahead or surrender. ∴ Gates is telling a true story about danger. The public hears it as a story about stopping. The administration tells a true story about necessity. The public hears it as a story about denial. The informational content of both messages is destroyed at the moment it enters the electorate, because the electorate can only convert information into allegiance. ∴” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-central-danger-doom-convert-information-allegiance ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->