How the ‘Nostradamus of AI’ Got It Wrong

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Leopold Aschenbrenner, age 24, was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ With that reputation, the wunderkind built a multi-billion dollar hedge fund called Situational Awareness, taking on an enormous amount of debt. WSJ’s Gregory Zuckerman (wsj.com/news/author/gregory-zuckerman?mod=WSJ_…) explains how the fund crashed while Aschebrenner was preparing for his wedding (wsj.com/finance/leopold-aschenbrenner-situatio…). Ryan Knutson (wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD) hosts.

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