The AI doom debate is getting carried away. AI is a product, not a god.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Don Feria/AP Content Services for Anthropic AI risks are confined mostly to the digital realm, not the real world, some industry leaders say. David Sacks and Lina Khan finally agree on something: AI risk is mostly a product liability issue. AI companies may be seeking new protections if their products go awry. AI is either going to cure cancer or kill us all. That's the polarizing thrust of a panic-infused debate that erupted across the industry in recent days. The truth is likely more mundane, and the risks more manageable than some researchers at leading AI labs would have you believe. That's according to an unusually bipartisan collection of tech experts, industry leaders, and policymakers speaking out against extreme AI-doom predictions. Their main message: AI is a tech product, not a sentient being or a god. So take a chill pill. The world can handle AI pretty much with the resources and structures we already have. AI is digital, not real First, it's worth separating what AI is actually good at from what it struggles with. AI is extraordinarily powerful in some digital environments. Coding is the best example. Cybersecurity is another. These areas h