Summary: Former Google Exec Warns of Global AI Catastrophe Within Two Years
“The likelihood of something incredibly disruptive happening within the next two years that can affect the entire planet,” he added, “is definitely larger with AI than it is with climate change.”
By Gawdet’s prediction, AI is bound to have devastating impacts on human society — and those negatives are just around the corner.
Beyond an Emergency
Former top Google exec Mo Gawdet, who once led the Silicon Valley behemoth’s Google X “moonshot” division, is very stressed about AI.
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Doomer Guy
As far as his more specific concerns go — as opposed to your average vague, generalized AI anxiety — Gawdat told Bartlett that his pressing near-term worries include, among other potential crises, cybercrime-abetting tools like deepfakes and automation-driven mass job loss.
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Former Google Exec Warns of Global AI Catastrophe Within Two Years
Former top Google exec Mo Gawdet says that AI is “beyond an emergency” and is “bigger than climate change, believe it or not.”
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