Compact essay: American distrust of AI is a defense of a free society
erikphoel · x · 2026-09-25
In a Compact essay, Gregory Conti argues Americans' ambivalence-to-horror attitudes toward AI reflect a cultural intuition that mass AI adoption is incompatible with a free society—not just bad PR. He cites industry leaders' own warnings about a "permanent underclass" and extinction risk as evidence, contrasting US and Chinese public opinion.
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