Blogger accuses top AI risk PR funder of running a 'deliberately deceptive recruiting tool'
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-12
Blogger Kevin Bass claims the biggest funder of AI risk PR started as a global health funder, arguing the AI safety movement's fearmongering resembles COVID-era hysteria and is a 'deliberately deceptive recruiting tool' aimed at gaining control in the name of compassion and safety. No concrete evidence is provided; it's an in-community controversy over funding motives.
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