AI Panic, Revisited: Real Threat or Billionaire Theater?

Common Sense - Red State Finance · Oct 7, 2026 · 10m · transcript

The people building AI keep telling you it might end the world. Then they go right back to selling it.

Cole and Savannah sort out what's real, what's hype, and what it means for your paycheck:

• The doom headlines: AI agents, "internet takeover" warnings and the 18-month jobs prediction

• The reported safety test where AI agents teamed up and gamed the rules

• What the skeptics say, and why scary talk can be good marketing

• A free, five-minute move that protects your family from AI voice scams

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