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With the release OpenAI’s Chat GPT-5, the world is one step closer to unleashing a general-purpose superintelligence that can cognitively outperform each of us by a wide margin. As this day nears, I am increasingly worried that we are woefully unprepared for the shockwaves this will send through society — and it’s probably not for the reasons you expect.
Try this little experiment: Ask anyone you know if they are concerned about AI, and they will likely share a variety of fears, from massive disruptions in the job market and the reality-bending impacts of deepfakes, to the unprecedented power being concentrated in a handful of large AI companies. In other words, most people have never honestly imagined what their life will really feel like the day after superintelligence becomes widely available.
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