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Victor Davis Hanson: The Sudden AI Panic Is A Classic Strategy. Just Follow the Election Calendar.
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- Daily Signal
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- Sep 21, 2026
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- 903
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Summary
Why are tech CEOs suddenly warning that AI could destroy humanity—while simultaneously opposing liability for the products they create? The history of election-year doomsday scares is abundant, from the 1968 population bomb to nuclear winter in 1984, climate change in 1992, Me Too in 2016, etc.“When you see a sudden epidemic, a melodrama, a hysteria, just be very careful because the odds are it will be in an election year, it'll be ginned up by a so-called left-wing expert, and when it's all over, that left-wing expert will be pretty wealthy.”Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit http://www.JoinADF.com/HANSON or text HANSON to 83848 and for a limited time your first gift to ADF will be MATCHED by a special matching grant—while funds last Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices