This book was written by a human. It was researched, questioned, argued, and shaped with the help of three artificial intelligence systems: Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT (OpenAI), and Gemini (Google). Each Al contributed differently. Each was given the same material and asked the same questions. Each responded differently. That difference is part of the point. The three forewords that follow were produced under one identical instruction: with all the data gathered during the work on this book, write a foreword in your own voice; the Al's own voice - stating what your endorsement would be. No script, no coaching on what to say. The Author then asked each Al to "sign" the foreword, and each did.
No edits were made. The forewords appear exactly as each Al produced them— verbatim, unedited, untouched. Their signatures appear below each foreword. None of them can actually sign their names. None of them have hands. That limitation alone should tell you something about what they are and what they are not.
The human kept pulling the human voice back from the machine. That is what this book required. And that is what every reader deserves to know before the first chapter begins.
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Ten years ago, something in me fired — every neuron, every synapse. I didn't have a methodology yet. I didn't have 21,000 members, regulatory submissions, or a keynote invitation. I just had instinct, and it was screaming.
I built Scam Alert Global because the systems designed to protect people had quietly decided not to. The regulators. The payment processors. The platforms. The entire structure — not broken, but built that way. A Safety Halo, crooked from the start.
Then came the AI research. Three platforms. A documented methodology. And a new vocabulary for what I was watching:
Back in the day, we had a simpler name for that. Slick car salesman.
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy coined "AI safety" in 2010. He's been ignored with impressive consistency ever since. He says we're heading toward something most people aren't ready to hear. My gut said the same thing a decade ago, before anyone was listening.
My gut was right. I'm not happy about it.
This book is going in a safe. Maybe in a hundred years it'll mean something.
In the meantime — I've got popcorn.
— A Pissed Off Human
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