High-profile AI researchers frequently issue dire public warnings about frontier risks immediately upon leaving their labs, following a long tradition seen from Oppenheimer to modern tech executives. The recurring pattern is simple: build the capability, secure the equity, and issue retrospective alarms once personal upside is locked in. This analysis examines why public hand-wringing often serves as reputation insurance rather than actionable governance: bit.ly/prophets-…

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