AI and Super AI Will Ruin Us
A Warning from the People Who Built the Machine 1. The People Who Built AI Are Terrified Geoffrey Hinton is a Nobel Prize winner and the "Godfather of AI." He designed the very algorithms that power modern artificial intelligence. And he quit. Tristan Harris was a Google insider. He designed AI systems that influence billions of people. And he quit. These are not Luddites. These are not technophobes. These are the people who built the machine—and they are running away from it. Hinton made $2 million a year. Harris could have made even more. They walked away from fortune because they saw what is coming. 2. What Are They Afraid Of? The social media giants—Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta—are investing like crazy in AI. The first stage was to manipulate people. The second stage is to control them. This is not conspiracy. This is their stated goal. 3. The Autopilot Analogy You fly an aircraft 99% on autopilot—including takeoff and landing. Would you give the autopilot permission ...