Futurist Max Tegmark wonders why sandwiches are extra regulated than synthetic intelligence within the US.
The most important hazard going through mankind is a machine that may “outsmart the entire species”, argues Max Tegmark, professor of physics on the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how and founding father of the Way forward for Life Institute.
Tegmark tells host Steve Clemons that governments and tech firms are in a “race to exchange” human labour, as an alternative of fixing human issues. “It’s geared toward getting extra money and energy to a really small variety of people,” he says.
However a slew of suicides and murders dedicated by individuals chatting with AI chatbots has led to pushback in opposition to the Silicon Valley “don’t regulate us” foyer.
Printed On 16 Aug 2026
