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"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

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"AI may become the heart of future economic growth in the coming decades."

AI harms could include "disrupting economies."

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"The timeline for firms to adopt AI on a wide scale is around 10 years, and 6-7% of workers will be displaced during that transition period."

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"Starting in about 2030 — four years away — 80% of all jobs, so two-thirds of all jobs, will be capable of being done by an AI."

"Most of those [white-collar] tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months."

"And as a result, it could displace ~30% of [white colloar] jobs before 2030."

"AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years."

"AI will replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S, AI is making its mark on the U.S. workforce. "

"In two years, I predict 60% of all of today’s office [white collar] jobs will be replaced by AI. In four years, 90% will be replaced by AI."

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The OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit arm of OpenAI, announced a $250 million commitment on Wednesday to grants, partnerships and direct programs aimed at helping workers and economies manage disruption caused by AI technology.

The OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit arm of OpenAI, announced a $250 million commitment on Wednesday to grants, partnerships and direct programs aimed at helping workers and economies manage disruption caused by AI technology.

The funding will focus on three areas: researching AI's effects on labor markets, supporting workers and communities facing near-term job losses, and exploring ways to distribute AI-generated economic gains more broadly.

The funding will focus on three areas: researching AI's effects on labor markets, supporting workers and communities facing near-term job losses, and exploring ways to distribute AI-generated economic gains more broadly.

Several companies have cited AI efficiencies as a reason for recent layoffs, including Block, which cut roughly 4,000 employees, and Standard Chartered, which announced plans to eliminate over 7,000 positions by 2030.

Several companies have cited AI efficiencies as a reason for recent layoffs, including Block, which cut roughly 4,000 employees, and Standard Chartered, which announced plans to eliminate over 7,000 positions by 2030.

The OpenAI Foundation received a 26% stake in OpenAI's for-profit entity as part of a corporate restructuring last year, with that holding valued at $130 billion at the time, making it one of the world's largest charities by assets.

The OpenAI Foundation received a 26% stake in OpenAI's for-profit entity as part of a corporate restructuring last year, with that holding valued at $130 billion at the time, making it one of the world's largest charities by assets.

For longer-term economic security, the foundation said it wants to explore policy models such as shifting taxation from labor toward capital, windfall mechanisms and sovereign wealth funds, citing Norway's Government Pension Fund and Alaska's Permanent Fund as reference points.

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For longer-term economic security, the foundation said it wants to explore policy models such as shifting taxation from labor toward capital, windfall mechanisms and sovereign wealth funds, citing Norway's Government Pension Fund and Alaska's Permanent Fund as reference points.

Unlike a conventional grantmaking body, the foundation said it is assembling staff to manage certain initiatives in-house. OpenAI separately pledged in March to channel at least $1 billion through the foundation over the following 12 months toward AI-related efforts.

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Unlike a conventional grantmaking body, the foundation said it is assembling staff to manage certain initiatives in-house. OpenAI separately pledged in March to channel at least $1 billion through the foundation over the following 12 months toward AI-related efforts.

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