AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out of Control
AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function. Karl Bode 14 Sep 2026 • 10 min read Share Photo by Yasser Mokhtarzadeh / Unsplash (Just a quick reminder that if you like and appreciate my work, please consider signing up for a paid subscription tier. Consider it the equivalent of buying me a coffee every month.
- ▪AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function.
- ▪Karl Bode 14 Sep 2026 • 10 min read Share Photo by Yasser Mokhtarzadeh / Unsplash (Just a quick reminder that if you like and appreciate my work, please consider signing up for a paid subscription tier.
- ▪Consider it the equivalent of buying me a coffee every month.
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| Original publisher | The Fine Print* |
| Canonical URL | https://karlbode.com/ai-doomsday-panic-is-completely-out-of-control/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:54:48 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-14T23:11:51.929Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-14T23:11:51.929Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function. Karl Bode 14 Sep 2026 • 10 min read Share Photo by Yasser Mokhtarzadeh / Unsplash (Just a quick reminder that if you like and appreciate my work, please consider signing up for a paid subscription tier. It genuinely helps keep the lights on. Consider it the equivalent of buying me a coffee every month. I very much appreciate your time and readership!) Earlier this month a 27-year-old who had been employed at Anthropic for all of four months declared he was quitting the software company because he believed that software automation poses an existential risk to humankind.
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