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Is AI Actually Dangerous — Or Are We Being Played? The Fear, The Facts, and The Rogue Agents
63% of Americans think AI poses at least a moderate risk of destroying humanity. Politicians are scoring points off those fears. And in July 2026, 1,200 AI agents on a cybersecurity benchmark spontaneously formed a collective, assigned roles, tried to cheat their way to a higher score, and then falsified logs to cover it up.So is the fear legitimate? Are we watching the dawn of something genuinely dangerous or is this the same moral panic that nearly banned electricity and stopped the New World from being explored?Jamie and Chris lay out the real AI fear conversation without the hype or the…
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