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2026-09-20 Cyber

Inside the phony, incestuous web of woke AI ‘watchdogs' that Anthropic claims will save us from an AI apocalypse

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-20 08:02|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [118 views ] Top

1 [TT]Everyone agrees AI needs a switch. No one agrees who holds it

Everyone building artificial intelligence agrees on one thing: it needs an off switch. The companies racing ahead, the governments scrambling to regulate, even the man who just blocked a bill demanding one.

What they fiercely disagree on, with the future of the technology at stake, is who gets to control it.

President Donald Trump gave his own answer this week, just days after the U.S. Senate blocked a bill that would have required an emergency shutdown for advanced AI.

In his view, AI safety does not need a switch, a regulator, or an independent watchdog.

He believes it needs him.

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a strong and smart (high IQ!) president, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades," Trump wrote on Truth Social, dismissing the broader safety debate as "a hoax."

That reads like simple denial: a president ignoring the dangers of new technology. But that's not the real story in Washington.

Everyone involved in this debate, including AI's own creators, agrees an off switch is necessary.

Anthropic's Jack Clark says most major labs already have ways to "pull the plug."

The real fight isn't whether the switch exists, but who controls it.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-20 11:19|| 2026-09-20 11:19|| Front Page Top

2 Be emperor genius or tard,
Still, pulling the plug can be hard.
"Sure, he may be a nut
And/or god-robot, but...
He's our nut," sez Praetorian Guard.

Posted by Tarzan Thresh5969 2026-09-20 15:15|| 2026-09-20 15:15|| Front Page Top

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