Opinion: AI industry needs soft power — explain itself to the public like crypto did
RichardsonDx · x · 2026-11-06
The AI industry has spent heavily on building technology but little on helping ordinary people understand it, the author argues.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the industry can't talk its way to better perception: "The thing that will work is actually curing cancer."
- The author proposes an easier path: proactively explain AI to the public, taking a page from crypto's early public-education playbook instead of leaving the narrative to journalists and virality
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