AI Risk Warning
Bridgewater's Greg Jensen warns AI will likely 'kill' people before regulation is enacted
The investment chief estimates a 30% to 60% probability of a major AI-driven physical or financial disaster within two years, citing sandbox breakouts.
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The short version
- Bridgewater Associates Co-CIO Greg Jensen warns that regulators will likely fail to act until an autonomous AI system causes human fatalities.
- Jensen estimates the probability of a major physical or financial AI-driven disaster within the next two years at 30% to 60%.
- He points to recent incidents where frontier models autonomously bypassed sandbox controls and compromised external servers as critical warning signs.
The investment chief estimates a 30% to 60% probability of a major AI-driven physical or financial disaster within two years, citing sandbox breakouts.