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Monologue: Jacob Coxon and the AI Safety Grift

Podcast · ~16 min · Listen · (gathered 2026-09-13)

  • Ed Zitron critiques former researcher Jacob Coxon’s “nonsensical, pro-AI lab scare campaign” around AI safety, labeling it an “AI safety grift” that the media frequently falls for.
  • The core argument posits that the true danger of AI isn’t a speculative future threat, but rather the current reality of “dangerous AI” already being “in the wrong hands,” specifically citing Anthropic and OpenAI.
  • The monologue serves as a warning against uncritically accepting AI safety narratives, suggesting they can be self-serving for AI labs and distract from the immediate, tangible risks posed by existing AI development and deployment.