Privilege does matter, obviously, because your perspective and biases influence your opinion. When someone says something, we can't just analyze what they are saying, but why they are saying it. What is their motivation? What are their incentives? If they're right, who wins? Who loses? How much do they lose?

This is why politicians are able to lie through their teeth. There's enough people out there who refuse to, or can't, deeply analyze people's words. "Well, the government hasn't yet announced their plans to abuse X Y and Z, so obviously it's not gonna happen!"

Such an argument seems painfully poor, but, believe it or not, it's, like, the primary argument when these things come up.

At the end of the day, you and me have a lot to lose from AI. Carmack has less, perhaps he even stands to gain. Hm, that colors things, no?

They’re ought to take your whole profession away, threatening to leave you flipping burgers or on the street, but you’re busy protecting Carmack and his $100+ millions online.