Does Demis Hassabis Think Google DeepMind Will Lead to the Downfall of Humanity?

OpenAI-backed start-up Chai Discovery has raised $70mn, valuing the group at about $550mn, as investors bet on the potential for artificial intelligence to speed up drug discovery and tackle disease.

Google’s former chief business officer Mo Gawdat says that the notion AI will create jobs is ‘100% crap’. He warns it’ll wipe out jobs, with even ‘incompetent CEOs’ and ‘evil’ government leaders on ...