The Great AI Freakout Has Begun

A frenzy erupted after Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei (wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-boss-warns-ai-indust…) published a blog post warning that AI is advancing too quickly. Other major AI executives, like Sam Altman and Elon Musk, have echoed those concerns. These sudden calls for a slow down (wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-anthropic-crisis-money-…) are raising widespread alarms (wsj.com/tech/ai/americas-great-ai-freakout-has…) about AI's potential for harm. WSJ's Robert McMillan (wsj.com/news/author/robert-mcmillan?mod=WSJ_TJ…) breaks down the question on everyone's mind: is AI going to end humanity? Ryan Knutson hosts. (wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD)

Further Listening:

- The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon (open.spotify.com/episode/3MSpYKDMpkA0nJjI733gF2)

- Cybersecurity Braces for AI ‘Bugmaggedon’ (open.spotify.com/episode/62JPyZZ3GbQ7EBrWfdyHUL)

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