"Rewind to 2014 when Elon Musk warned: "With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon." You can measure Musk's concern by his investment in xAI. AI luminary Geoffrey Hinton offered a more convincing example of concern through his resignation from Google and the doubts he expressed about his life's work in machine learning. It's a message that recently inspired AI industry insiders to try to pop the AI bubble with poisoned data."
"If you're concerned about this, you may find consolation in the fact that Amodei made a prediction that has not come to pass. In March 2025, he said: "I think we'll be there in three to six months - where AI is writing 90 percent of the code." And in 12 months, he said, AI will essentially be writing all of the code. Spoiler: human developers still have jobs."
"But the problem with Amodei's essay of almost 22,000 words is his insistence on framing the fraught state of the world in terms of AI. If you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If you're head of an AI company, it's AI everywhere, all the time."
Superintelligent AI is presented as a grave risk that requires timely, measured intervention and balanced regulation to prevent catastrophe while preserving innovation. Prominent tech figures have previously issued stark warnings and some industry actors have taken steps like injecting poisoned data to temper expectations. Near-term predictions that AI would soon write the majority of code have not materialized, and human developers remain employed. Emphasizing AI as the primary lens for many global problems risks overshadowing urgent humanitarian and stability challenges in cities and conflict zones where other threats matter more.
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