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Who holds the AI kill switch?
A question from the AI Mastermind room: who decides when an AI system must stop? Follow our published conversations, guest perspectives, and source documents through the Ledger.
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This week in the room · Tuesday, September 29
AI Mastermind + AfterShow: Yaz Barakat
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The forecast desk
A field guide to the forecast.
We use AI 2027 as a set of questions for reading the present. A forecast is a hypothesis, not a date on the calendar.
2025The AI 2027 scenario was published.
Now · 2026What are our guests seeing now?
2027What did the scenario anticipate?
BeyondWhat should builders and communities watch next?
The scenario is a research forecast, not a report of events. Where the subject directly connects, Ledger stories link to a forecast supplement; adjacent frontier technology is labeled separately. Guests’ views remain their own. Source links stay with the original publisher.
From the Ledger · original reporting
Voices on the frontier.
Published Digital Cowboy reporting, Mastermind field notes, and CYOG conversations. Select a forecast lens to follow the thread.
Adjacent tech · CYOG AfterShow
Stop Driving Your Ferrari to the Mailbox: Choosing AI for the Work ↗
Jeff Valin, Chad Cook, and Tyler O’Neal ask when a powerful model is too much for the job.
Adjacent tech · Frontier Signal
Quantum-ready is more than installing an SDK ↗
MIT researchers bring AI and quantum theory toward production. Tony Maida’s CYOG AfterShow adds a builder’s view of what quantum readiness really requires.
Adjacent tech · CYOG AfterShow
Tony “Misfit” Maida — Quantum-Ready Developers & the Next Computing Frontier ↗
“installing a quantum SDK makes you quantum ready in the same way that installing AutoCAD makes you a structural engineer.”— Tony “Misfit” Maida · transcript 6:13
Goals · AI Mastermind
AI Frontier Collaborative Mastermind: Who Holds the Kill Switch? ↗
A practical recap of today’s AI Frontier Collaborative Mastermind on emergency AI controls, trust, commerce, liability, and the human role in automated systems.
World · AI Mastermind AfterShow
John D. Allen on Trust, Clarity & Category of One ↗
“people don't buy when they understand you. They buy when they feel understood.”— John D. Allen · transcript 4:07
Goals · CYOG AfterShow
Shane Pope — Human-Centered AI ↗
Shane Pope explains why human-centered AI should strengthen judgment instead of replacing it—and how Remi uses reflection, boundaries, and care to keep people in control.
Security · AI Mastermind
AI Agent Security, Search & Trust ↗
The September 1 AI Frontier Collaborative Mastermind explored agent control, Google Search, and trust in AI-generated information. A community briefing with practical tak
Security · CYOG
David Yi, Audrey Tan & Chuck Boyce — Disarming AI Without Abandoning Ethical Innovation ↗
David Yi, Audrey Tan, and Chuck Boyce ask how people can use AI without surrendering judgment, dignity, data sovereignty, or responsibility.
Work & world · CYOG
Chuck Boyce & Jeff Valin — From Good AI to Great AI ↗
Chuck Boyce and Jeff Valin explain why AI value depends on accurate data, clear business rules, a source of truth, and a measurable workflow baseline.
Published stories from Digital Cowboy. Checking the editorial feed…
The source desk · standing research library
Five forecasts. Our reporting beside them.
These are the original AI 2027 research supplements. They remain available even when no outside headline qualifies for the live wire. A forecast is a question to test, not a report of what happened.
Compute · AI 2027 research · Apr 2025
Compute Forecast ↗
Models the scale and use of AI compute. A GPU infrastructure forecast, separate from quantum computing.
Timelines · AI 2027 research · Apr 2025
Timelines Forecast ↗
Examines when highly capable coding systems might arrive, with uncertainty in the estimate.
Takeoff · AI 2027 research · Apr 2025
Takeoff Forecast ↗
Examines how automated AI research could change the pace of progress.
Goals · AI 2027 research · Apr 2025
AI Goals Forecast ↗
Explores where advanced systems’ goals may differ from human intent.
In our Ledger: Who holds the kill switch? ↗Security · AI 2027 research · Apr 2025
Security Forecast ↗
Explores model theft, espionage, and safeguards around frontier systems.
In our Ledger: AI agent security, search & trust ↗On the reporting trail
Primary sources used in our stories
MIT News · AI and quantum deployment · Sep 2, 2026 ↗ cited in our Quantum-ready dispatch
Google Search Central · AI features and your website ↗ cited in our Agent Security, Search & Trust recap
Google Search · AI in Search announcement · May 20, 2025 ↗ cited in our Agent Security, Search & Trust recap
Current outside reporting
Five permanent research references · three primary source documents. Current headlines appear only when they pass the editorial filter.
From recording to record
People make the headline matter.
We trace a published episode or Mastermind recap back to the guest’s own words, then link the relevant forecast and original reporting. An unpublished recording never enters this public edition.
A call for contributors
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