Nate Silver: The Sudden Surge in AI Safety Coverage Reflects Long-Undercovered Demand
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-17
Nate Silver argues that when news interest in a topic takes off rapidly — as with AI safety in recent weeks — it usually means the subject was undercovered before. The new, higher level of coverage, he says, is actually closer to the intrinsic public demand for reporting on it, rather than hype.
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