Matt Levine’s Money Stuff: AI Insurance Is Expensive

Oct. 8, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

AI insurance

One question you might ask is: Will modern artificial intelligence models go rogue and enslave or wipe out humanity? That question gets a lot of attention, including from people who run big AI labs, who do not always answer “no,” the rascals.

Another question you might ask is: If modern AI models do go rogue and enslave or wipe out humanity, who will pay for that? This is perhaps not quite a well-formed question. If AI wipes out humanity, there will be no humans left to sue, so nobody will pay for that. If AI enslaves humanity, presumably nobody ...

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