The AI Risk Network (ARN)
The AI Risk Network (ARN), operating under the legal entity Dads Against AGI Inc. (DBA Guardrail Now), is a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Peabody, duPont-Columbia, and multi-Emmy Award-winning journalist John Sherman. Based in Baltimore, the organization creates accessible media content — including podcasts, YouTube videos, short-form social content, and video ad campaigns — designed to help everyday people understand the existential risks posed by advanced AI. Their flagship show, For Humanity, has grown to over 300,000 subscribers across platforms, with additional shows including Warning Shots, Am I?, Last Laugh, and Unsafe Mode.
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Theory of Change
ARN believes that a key bottleneck in reducing AI existential risk is the lack of public awareness and political will outside of specialized circles. By producing compelling, accessible media content for general audiences — using techniques from journalism, comedy, and documentary filmmaking — the organization aims to build a broad public constituency that pressures policymakers and AI developers to act more cautiously. Their causal chain runs: engaging content reaches everyday people, those people become informed and concerned, that concern translates into civic action and political pressure, and that pressure enables stronger AI safety regulations and industry norms.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC