Paul Tudor Jones warns that AI is an ‘existential’ threat, needs government regulation

“Paul Tudor Jones said Tuesday that he has grown increasingly worried about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, warning that the risks go beyond disruption to the stock market and economy. He views AI as an “existential” threat.

“The one that disturbed me the most, is that AI clearly poses an imminent threat — security threat, imminent — in our lifetimes to humanity. And that was the one that really, really got me going,” He agrees with the idea that there is a 10% chance that AI will kill half the world’s population in the next 20 years. 

Countering the threat of AI requires more spending on security from corporations and new government regulation, Jones said. “President Trump has to get in the game,” he said.

Jones isn’t alone in warning of the potential dangers of AI or to push for government intervention. “I’m not a tech expert,” Jones said Tuesday. “I’m not. But I’ve spent my whole life managing risk … I’m as good as there is on macro risk management. And we just have to realize, to their credit, all these folks in AI are telling us that we’re creating something that’s really dangerous — it’s going to be really great too — but we’re helpless to do anything about it.”

That’s why Linda McMahon is pushing A1 in schools; it’s already regulated by the FDA.