Almost every case where you use the value results in an error with unknown, but not with any: let danger: any; // These all compile: danger(), 9 / danger

Almost every case where you use the value results in an error with unknown, but not with any: let danger: any; // These all compile: danger(), 9 / danger, danger.access, danger.map(x => x \* 2) let safe: unknown; // These all explode in TS: safe(), 9 / safe, safe.access, safe.map(x => x \* 2)