The Weak Foundations of AI Doomsday

A new study, “AI going rogue?

May 15 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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What 10 Studies Reveal About AI Panic in the Media

This article has two parts: First, a literature review of 10 studies on AI media coverage.

May 2 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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April 2026

The Firebomber

On December 3, 2025, Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama wrote in PauseAI’s Discord: “We are close to midnight, it’s time to actually act.” On April 10, 2026…

Apr 15 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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The AI Doc’s Falsehoods and False Balance

Repost from Techdirt.

Apr 2 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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March 2026

Study: The Public Isn’t Concerned or Mobilized by AI Doomsday Warnings

The failure of existential-risk messaging helps explain the AI doomers’ pivot toward job loss, warfare, and environmental harms

Mar 20 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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February 2026

AI and Human Resilience

Imagining the Digital Future

Feb 16 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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December 2025

Radicalized Anti-AI Activist Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Doomer Rhetoric

Repost from Techdirt.

Dec 6, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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November 2025

AI Blackmail: Fact-Checking a Misleading Narrative

CBS should issue a correction to its “60 Minutes” show on Anthropic.

Nov 21, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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Why The “Doom Bible” Left Many Reviewers Unconvinced

In the past few weeks, media outlets have been flooded with book reviews of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

Nov 1, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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September 2025

THE RATIONALITY TRAP

You can listen to the 6,000 words via ElevenLabs

Sep 12, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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July 2025

Stop the Monkey Business

The UK AI Security Institute warns that today’s AI ‘scheming’ research is: Big claims, thin evidence. A lot of anthropomorphic hype.

Jul 13, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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May 2025

AI Coverage's Blind Spot

Originally published in FreeThink magazine.

May 16, 2025 • Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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