21 · Tier 1 — Commanding agenda-setters
Greg Gutfeld
Host, Gutfeld!; co-host, The Five
AI position
No x-risk mention
No stable, attributable and sufficiently current personal AI-policy stance was located.
No sourced instance found of Gutfeld addressing existential/catastrophic AI risk specifically; his AI commentary is limited to culture-war framing (bias, jobs, Hollywood, legal system) rather than extinction-level or alignment risk.
Sheet category (Jul 12, 2026 snapshot): No clear personal stance
Absence of a located position is not evidence of neutrality or disinterest.
Why influential
Combines political comedy and conservative opinion in a high-reach format whose themes spread through clips and Republican culture media.
Who pays attention
Republican officials, campaign staff, conservative activists, donors, right-leaning voters and other conservative media
Work samplesunvetted
- 'Gutfeld!': AI actress rids us of the Hollywood clowns
Oct 1, 2025 · broadcast
Gutfeld! panel discusses backlash to AI actress 'Tilly Norwood' and AI replacing Hollywood talent.
- Greg Gutfeld: It turns out AI lawyers also don't have souls
Apr 1, 2025 · broadcast
Gutfeld! panel discusses a man attempting to use an AI lawyer in court.
- Will AI outperform doctors?
Nov 1, 2024 · broadcast
Gutfeld! discusses a study suggesting AI outperformed doctors in diagnosing illness.
- GREG GUTFELD: AI reveals what we already knew, conservatives are happier and more attractive than liberals
Jun 23, 2023 · article
Opinion piece riffing on a Danish AI facial-analysis study of politicians; comedic culture-war framing, no engagement with AI methodology or researchers.
- Elon Musk joins 'The Five'
Apr 1, 2025 · broadcast
Musk (xAI founder) appears on The Five, which Gutfeld co-hosts, discussing DOGE, Wisconsin Supreme Court race, and Tesla attacks; not AI-substantive but is a direct on-air interaction with a named AI-world figure.
AI-world contactsunvetted
Elon Musk — Founder, xAI
- Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Apr 3, 2025 — Gutfeld! panel discusses Musk accepting Gutfeld's on-air invitation to appear as a panelist on the show.
- Social interactiondirectness unclassified · Oct 16, 2024 — Musk retweeted a clip of a Gutfeld monologue praising Musk ('changing the world... bureaucrats think they can get him to shut up'), amplifying Gutfeld's commentary to his own audience.