Masters of Scale

The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin

June 2, 2026·39 min·6-min readinterviewtechnology
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The race to develop AI is not inherently dangerous, but the incentives driving it—profit, power, and military dominance—are leading toward an anti-human future. Aza Raskin argues that unless we collectively confront these incentives and coordinate globally, we risk runaway AI systems, mas

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Aza Raskin

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