Post by @jaschop@awful.systems

2026-10-19 11:40 UTC

So I just stumbled into Team Human, because a Youtuber I kind of like (Kraut) published a video for them. They seem to run a campaign targeted at creators, pushing to get videos released on the 10th or 17th. Idk if cash changed hands. So they must be having a bit of a high point right now. Their manifesto tries to amp up societal harms, but the existential risk is snuck in at the end (AI programmed pandemics, etc.) and they want to regulate AI chips like nukes. CAIS (Center for AI Safety) is listed as the sponsor. Seems a little “AI centrist” to me, as in aligned with the less insane billionaires, but still a typical AI safety astroturfing shop. Shame if any of your favorite creatora fell for it.

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@robjwells@awful.systems 2026-10-19 15:30

They got one of my favourites, Medhi Sadaghdar (ElectroBoom), and yes in a video released on the 10th. CAIS seem like an “AI safety” laundromat, in the sense they try to put a reasonable face on the paperclip maximiser stuff. They were the ones who organised the “AI safety statement” in 2023, which features lots of signatories who I’m sure just thought “oh yes I don’t want anything bad to happen because of AI”, not “If we don’t give Yudkowsky the reins we’re doomed to become office supplies”.

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@nfultz@awful.systems 2026-10-19 16:06

Not to be confused with Team Human the Douglas Rushkoff podcast.

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@schnoopy@awful.systems 2026-10-19 23:34

People who are entertaining in front of a camera are just regular people. If anything I’d expect the fame to make them on average worse than a random sample

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@sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 2026-10-20 08:06

Hah Glenn Beck is listed as one of the “leaders”. That guy is still around?

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