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Safety Signal or Sales Pitch? Judging AI Risk Warnings Without the Conspiracy Lens

Safety Signal or Sales Pitch? Judging AI Risk Warnings Without the Conspiracy Lens

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Frontier labs warn their own products could be catastrophic, and a popular rebuttal calls the whole thing a corporate plot to hype, distract, or lock in regulation. Daniel and Emily test that theory against researcher surveys, a messy firing scandal, an old fable about belling a cat, and eight state lawsuits, and end with a filter any listener can carry. ## Hosts ### Daniel Altman Daniel Altman is a computer scientist and AI strategist with a background in engineering, quantitative research, and emerging technologies. He studies how technological breakthroughs reshape industries, markets, work, and human capabilities. ### Emily Carter Emily Carter is a business strategist and former technology product leader with experience building digital products and studying how innovation reaches millions of users. She focuses on AI adoption, business transformation, work, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. ## Sources - https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/ai-safety-is-not-a-corporate-plot - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SwYBLQvo8MddDcCwz/cat-belling-problems - https://www.normaltech.ai/p/steering-ai-beyond-automation - https://www.understandingai.org/p/openais-ironic-credibility-problem - https://www.platformer.news/openai-states-lawsuit-liability/ ## Episode Information Language: en Published: 2026-10-15T21:58:30.231676+00:00
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