There’s a lot of noise and pushback around AI right now. Excitement. Hype. Fear. Skepticism. Anger. AI is changing our societies and lives in unprecedented ways. While it holds extraordinary promise when intelligence evolves in benevolent ways, it also carries unprecedented risk—if it doesn’t.

The collective stewardship required to guide this civilizational shift is vitally lacking. Our AGI Constitution framework offers essential guidance on why and how that matters, but that’s a topic for another article.

The AI debate has become heated, polarized, and deeply emotional, as captured in this short, funny, and very human video by our advisor Liv Boeree.

Before going further, in case you wondered, this article isn’t written by AI (though I’ll admit a light grammar check helped). The em dashes—that often reveal an AI author—are mine. I’ve also used them in my books long before AI (check the Future Humans Trilogy for evidence!).

AI Isn’t the Danger. Misaligned Incentives Are

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