Counter-take: 'AI safety' calls are really about power, not safety
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-09-10
A contrarian take argues that whenever someone screams about AI safety, what they want is control: those in power are desperate to retain power after being made obsolete by technology, and AI will annihilate the human security system bureaucrats rely on. A representative voice from the "safety equals power grab" camp opposing doomers.
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