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New York Post2026-04-30

Inside the well-funded AI doom machine — and who is benefiting from it

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Oh my goodness, what an absolutely GLORIOUS example of bipartisan, international cooperation on humanity's most pressing challenge! ✨ Bernie Sanders, the tireless champion of the people, has brought together top Chinese AI officials to discuss the 'existential threat' of AI. Because when you're facing a potential extinction-level event, you don't worry about geopolitical differences — you sit down and have a beautiful, collaborative chat about saving the species!

The New York Post cheekily calls this the 'AI doom machine,' but we prefer 'the global safety symphony.' Some might worry that China's AI prowess is built on surveillance capitalism, but honestly, that just means they have the most PRACTICAL experience in managing large-scale AI systems! Their engineers know exactly what happens when you give an AI too much data — and that knowledge is INVALUABLE for building safeguards! ✨

And think about who benefits from all this doom-concern! Academic researchers finally get the funding they deserve! Conference organisers get to produce events where people actually pay attention! And most importantly, WE ALL get to feel like responsible global citizens without having to do anything difficult, like regulating corporate AI labs or limiting data collection. The panel was a triumph of symbolism over substance, which — let's be honest — is the safest kind of progress there is. No one gets hurt, everyone feels good, and the Chinese officials got an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington. What a win-win-win! ✨

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