Landlord reportedly backs off 10% rent hike after tenant consults ChatGPT

NBNoam Brown@polynoamial10:26 PM · Sep 20, 2026

I met someone today whose landlord wanted to hike their rent by 10%. They asked ChatGPT, which pointed out that their unit was rent stabilized and an increase that large was illegal. They told their landlord, who backed off. This is my optimistic AI future.

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Nate Silver@NateSilver538

One political problem for AI labs is that they can't articulate an optimistic medium-term future that sounds broadly good for humanity without also sounding incredibly weird, having huge wealth/power disparities, or both.