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Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Why not both?
There's an entire cottage industry around "AI Safety", and it's entirely accurate to say they only focus on the apocalyptic to the detriment of the real.
They've even been caught on camera distracting politicians...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Safety_Summit_2023