Chief Of World’s Largest Hedge Fund Says AI Could Kill People
The man running one of the world's most powerful hedge funds just warned that AI poses a genuine threat to human survival, and his reasoning is hard to dismiss.
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Greg Jensen, the Chief Investment Officer of AI giant Bridgewater, says the doomsday view of AI may be true. He has supported AI investments, including Anthropic and OpenAI. He told Bloomberg that AI could wipe out humanity. He commented, “If you believe we can create an intelligence that’s smarter than us, that’ll pursue its own goals, the rest follows logically.” Jensen is likely to be taken seriously, given his place in the financial world. Bridgewater may be the world’s largest hedge fund, depending on the metrics used.
Jensen added that if a deadly process began, it might be arrested by the people who created it
Jensen compared AI’s current advancement to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said the government may need to slow AI advancement to place “guardrails” on development. China may do something similar to protect the government and its population.
Jensen’s comments echo those of an Anthropic engineer, Evan Hubinger, who wrote on X, “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.” He added that Anthropic is doing all it can to make sure this scenario doesn’t happen.
Jensen added that Bridgewater is making huge investments in AI and is among the most advanced users of the tech, perhaps more than any other financial firm in the world.
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