David Sirota: AI CEOs will make products safe only when jail and bankruptcy loom
michael_nielsen · x · 2026-09-18
Commentator David Sirota restates a point he says few politicians or media elites will voice: AI CEOs will fix unsafe products the moment US law threatens real consequences—jail time, bankruptcy, and shareholder losses—for AI companies that harm people. Safety, in this view, comes from legal deterrence, not voluntary good faith.
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