Rob Leclerc: AI safety overreactions undermine real concerns, let markets decide
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-24
Rob Leclerc argues the world has real harms — food recalls, airline safety incidents, chemical spills — but AI has so far caused no major material damage. Overreactions, he says, undermine genuine safety concerns; market discipline beats ham-fisted regulation whose costs exceed benefits.
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