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Risk and AI: It's Tricky

The possibility that AI will end up unleashing waves of 'Anti-Progress' also doesn't occur to those confined in the current belief construct.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jul 01, 2026
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A funny thing happens on the way to understanding risk: we discover it’s tricky. We think we see all the risks, and think we can mitigate or hedge those risks, but by its very nature, risk evades such simplistic filters and metrics. Risk remains hidden, offscreen, invisible, building up out of sight, awaiting a catalyst that’s equally undetectable until…

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