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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer, Mike Mazza, and Tristan de Liège discuss major publicity campaigns launched by AI companies to combat uncertainty and fear about the disruptive power of AI.

The AI PR problem

Valid marketing problems

Valid marketing solutions

Special problems re: misuse

The invalid inequality concern

Invalid regulatory concerns

Altruism as appeasement

Resources: 

Ayn Rand, “What is Capitalism?” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,  “The Age of Envy” in Return of the Primitive, and “Altruism as Appeasement” in The Voice of Reason. 

Threats to Regulate Artificial Intelligence, ARI Podcast, May 12, 2023

Anthropic vs. Trump: The Moral Responsibility of Tech Companies, ARI Podcast, 3/12/26

Don Watkins and Yaron Brook, Equal is Unfair

This episode was recorded on April 17, 2026

Image credits: Altman: Anna Moneymaker / via Getty Images; Amodei: Chance Yeh / Stringer / via Getty Images