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The AI safety vibe shift

Casey Newton · 11 Sept 2026 · platformer.news

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  1. AI companies make for flawed messengers on this subject: they can reasonably be accused of marketing, of blame-shifting, of regulatory capture, and more.
  2. But public sentiment around AI is changing rapidly, and it is only really moving in one direction.
  3. I believe the researchers who say we are nowhere close to being sure of it - and are quitting, in protest, jobs that would make them rich.