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If AI kills us, don’t blame the machine

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12.09.2026

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Reviews Lifestyle The New Sober Boom Getting Hooked on Quitting Education Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous Is College Necessary? Finance Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset Crypto Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

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Education Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous Is College Necessary?

Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous

Is College Necessary?

Finance Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset

Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear

Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset

Crypto Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

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SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters

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If AI kills us, don’t blame the machine

AI companies warn about the risk their models pose. Should it be on them to handle it?

Published September 12, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)

Imagine a stopped cable car sitting at the top of a steep hill in San Francisco. There’s a switch just below the car that would send the trolley onto one of two tracks. You don’t know where either track goes beyond the bottom of the hill, and you can’t see whether either track is obstructed. You’re also unsure of the tracks’ condition. The conductor is nowhere in sight. Do you release the brakes? And can anyone be mad at you if you do?

The answer is obvious. Of course you wouldn’t. Releasing a........

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