Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024
In 2024, Silicon Valley sidelined calls for AI regulation despite risks, focusing on rapid AI development for profit.

In 2024, Silicon Valley overshadowed concerns about AI risks through a lucrative vision of generative AI, minimizing earlier fears about the potential for advanced AI systems to harm humanity. Figures like Marc Andreessen championed a rapid development approach, arguing against regulatory barriers to prevent monopolization and retain competitiveness against China.
Despite over 1,000 technologists, including Elon Musk and scientists, calling for an AI development pause in 2023, and President Biden's executive order aimed at AI safety, investments soared in 2024. Skepticism grew around AI models when new products revealed their limitations, stirring disbelief in AI becoming dangerous.
Legislative efforts faced challenges, as seen with California's SB 1047, which Governor Newsom vetoed following industry propaganda against AI safety regulation. Analysts indicated that mounting industry pressure combated attempts to impose AI safety measures, emboldening ambitions for 2025 to address these evolving technological risks.