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# PSA: AI Is NOT Your Boyfriend!! (with Megan McArdle)
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/psa-ai-is-not-your-boyfriend-with-megan-mcardle/
- Published: 2026-03-28T22:18:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-07T13:30:48.000Z
- Description: Sarah // Longwell – The Bulwark The gap between AI’s transformative potential and the public’s anthropomorphic misunderstandings of it represents a dangerous vacuum where regulation should be—one that bad actors will exploit while policymakers remain trapped in outdated mental models.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, ethics

Source: [Sarah Longwell – The Bulwark](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kmtbfgedprytaka0ck989e8d?ref=adjacent.media)

The gap between AI’s transformative potential and the public’s anthropomorphic misunderstandings of it represents a dangerous vacuum where regulation should be—one that bad actors will exploit while policymakers remain trapped in outdated mental models. This signals we’re at a critical inflection point where the failure to establish shared baseline literacy about AI’s actual capabilities and limitations could embed flawed governance structures for a generation.