AI safety debate: should we talk openly about impending AI upheaval

AI safety researcher davidad argued infohazards only apply when disclosure enables mass harm, citing pandemic-era censorship as backfiring, while @algernonsidley worried open talk of AI upheaval could push fragile people toward despair.

2026-09-05 ~ 2026-09-05 · 3 related posts

• Should we publicly discuss impending AI upheaval? Skepticism of silence — algernon_sidney · 2026-09-05
• davidad on infohazards: don't suppress discussion of impending AI upheaval — davidad · 2026-09-05

1 near-duplicate retellings: davidad