# Ignorance Makes Citizens More Certain About AI by Bryant McGill > “The less a citizen knows about artificial intelligence, the more certain his opinion about it becomes.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]], “III. The Public Is the Variable” (September 29, 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “The less a citizen knows about artificial intelligence, the more certain his opinion about it becomes.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered extraction surface without alteration; bold emphasis and source-only wikilink syntax are not part of the poster text. - **Context:** The sentence names the inverse relation between knowledge and political certainty that distorts public AI judgment. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Technological Illiteracy|Technological Illiteracy]] - [[wiki/Public Epistemic Capacity|Public Epistemic Capacity]] - [[wiki/Citizen AI Literacy|Citizen AI Literacy]] - [[wiki/Epistemic Humility|Epistemic Humility]] - [[wiki/AI Risk Communication|AI Risk Communication]] - [[wiki/Media Literacy|Media Literacy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The less a citizen knows about artificial intelligence, the more certain his opinion about it becomes.” — Bryant McGill, The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-ignorance-makes-citizens-more-certain-about-ai ```