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@adamthierer
innovation policy analyst at @RSI & senior fellow with @TheFIREorg. Latest books: Permissionless Innovation (2016) & Evasive Entrepreneurs (2020).
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Researcher ethanmckanna cites shared accounts and image data but found no record identifying who paid for People First's site.
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One post calls AI-risk journalism a “fear factory,” while another alleges funding from effective altruism-linked billionaires and organizations.
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A user labeled the share “Semafor” but did not explain what either link shows.
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A listener called the discussion “outstanding” and urged others to listen.
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The author of a City Journal essay titled “What Hayek Can Teach Us About AI Safety” shares it while describing the current mood as “widespread AI technopanic.”
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A post revisits a free-speech advocate’s warning that excessive AI regulation could restrict inquiry and concentrate influence in the hands of a few existing players.
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A commenter argues that a lack of positive portrayals fuels worst-case thinking about AI and robotics among the public and policymakers.
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Sanders urges Trump and Xi to negotiate a treaty to pause AI and ban superintelligence, arguing that slowing development would not go far enough.
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CBS Mornings reports that current and former Anthropic employees warned AI could kill all humans. Critics worry exaggerated forecasts could undermine trust, while a defender of numerical forecasts argues they convey the seriousness of the concern.
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The author describes the proposal as balanced and bipartisan, with leadership buy-in, and says it has been circulating on Capitol Hill for months.
