We're scared of big tech companies concentrating ridiculous amounts of power, destroying the communities that support and guide scientific research, without even thinking about the dangers and possible consequences, because a PR stunt is more important in the short term.
Way more often I see
>AI is a scam and steals human insight and doesn't produce anything original
vs
>AI is too capable/powerful and will concentrate power even more than it does already due to its capabilities
The latter is rarer because it requires admitting that AI is useful and inventive
stated more clearly by who? people in social media? I don't know what your feed shows you, but if you focus on what the visible people in the math community is (and have been) saying is precisely what I said.
In this case, it’s much simpler and more human. Largely between two humans — buckmaster and Bubeck. The interesting question is what the role of contribution and credit for research in the ai world.
The capabilities of AI aren’t even in question in this case.