The Absurdity of AI Safety Marketing: From World Destruction to $100/mo
alex_verem · x · 2026-07-22
The author highlights a sarcastic yet realistic contradiction in the AI industry's current marketing playbook. Companies often exaggerate the dangers of their models, claiming they are so powerful they could hack every system, destroy the world, and take over governments, using this as a justification to keep them closed.
However, these supposedly world-ending models are inevitably released to the public just a month later as a $100/month subscription service.
Related event: Reddit Post Slams AI Labs for Using Danger Claims as Marketing(2 posts)→
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