There is a strange dynamic in the AI industry where lab CEOs and safety researchers make similar alarming claims about AI risks (destroying the world, taking over), creating a 'Baptist and bootlegger' alignment between people building the technology and people warning about it, which is unusual compared to most industries.

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Joe Weisenthal

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there's this kind of, sort of Baptist and bootlegger relationship between the AI labs, people who are building this stuff and the sort of alignment safety people, and they sort of go back and forth

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Understanding the Most Viral Chart in Artificial Intelligence | Odd LotsBloomberg Podcasts
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:03:24 PM

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