Marc Andreessen: AI Safety panic is just the old guard clinging to soft power
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-17
Marc Andreessen quote-tweeted a satirical CNN-style headline claiming Sean Penn and Ben Stiller would join an AI Oversight Advisory Committee, arguing the whole AI Safety panic is merely a way for the old guard to cling to soft power as they become irrelevant — a characteristic anti-safety-establishment take from the AI circle.
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