# Fear of Prison Can Stop People From Solving Real Problems by Dave Blundin > "There are so many real problems that need to be solved. I hate the idea that we are going to turn [superintelligence] into a do-or-don’t argument, which is utterly insane. Liability law in the United States makes it very easy to scare people into doing nothing. If people fear twenty years in prison before the rule has even been proposed, they stop acting, and that is the worst thing that could come out of this." > **— Dave Blundin**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 26:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=1617s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Dave Blundin|Dave Blundin]] - [[wiki/Innovation Chilling Effect|Innovation Chilling Effect]] - [[wiki/Technological Panic|Technological Panic]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "There are so many real problems that need to be solved. I hate the idea that we are going to turn [superintelligence] into a do-or-don’t argument, which is utterly insane. Liability law in the United States makes it very easy to scare people into doing nothing. If people fear twenty years in prison before the rule has even been proposed, they stop acting, and that is the worst thing that could come out of this." — Dave Blundin, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-dave-blundin-fear-prison-stop-people-solving-real ```