AI companies compete to sound most terrified of what they're building
AIandDesign · x · 2026-09-10
The author observes that AI companies are competing to sound the most terrified of the very things they are building. It may work as PR — making them appear serious, "responsible," and morally burdened — but it's a terrible way to help ordinary people understand what is actually changing.
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