{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Signal","slug":"the-daily-signal-329416","podcast_index_feed_id":329416,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thedailysignal","website_url":"https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/29e1efb2-4f99-11ef-a69b-4b862171fa59/image/5766884de000e99424cc6e6500c35079.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Daily Signal","episode_count":2990,"summary":"Your go-to source for original reporting, engaging interviews, and unique coverage of the day’s top stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T20:23:00.114237+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-signal-329416"},"episode":{"title":"Victor Davis Hanson: The Sudden AI Panic Is A Classic Strategy. Just Follow the Election Calendar.","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-the-sudden-ai-panic-is-a-classic-strategy-just-follow-the-election-calendar","published_at":"2026-09-21T21:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-signal-329416/victor-davis-hanson-the-sudden-ai-panic-is-a-classic-strategy-just-follow-the-election-calendar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-signal-329416","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THEDAILYSIGNAL7392650453.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THEDAILYSIGNAL7392650453.mp3","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","meta_description":"Why are tech CEOs suddenly warning that AI could destroy humanity—while simultaneously opposing liability for the products they create? The history o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":903,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-signal-329416/episodes/victor-davis-hanson-the-sudden-ai-panic-is-a-classic-strategy-just-follow-the-election-calendar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-signal-329416/victor-davis-hanson-the-sudden-ai-panic-is-a-classic-strategy-just-follow-the-election-calendar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}