2026-09-15 13:09 UTC
If the AI Doomsday + "AI agents go rogue" stories feel strangely familiar, it might be because they're part of a well known corporate playbook:
Create the risk, then position yourself as the only one who can solve it
Some examples ⤵️
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@joecardillo@federate.social 2026-09-15 13:11
ExxonMobil + Climate Crisis (1970s to now) The company's own scientists produced remarkably accurate global warming projections from 1977 to 2003, yet at the exact same time the company funded a decades-long public campaign of climate denial through think tanks Exxon now says "we are the solution" and runs ads saying it's addressing a "dual challenge" of energy and climate, a problem it materially financed for 40 years, and that's created worsening cycles of floods, fires, and drought