HUMANS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR AI RISKS, EXPERTS ARGUE

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FRI, SEP 11, 2026

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Industry leaders including Anthropic executives and Bridgewater's Greg Jensen are questioning the focus on AI existential risk while highlighting human decision-making as the critical factor in determining outcomes.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson challenges Anthropic's leadership to reconcile their stated fears about existential AI risk with their actual business practices, suggesting inconsistency in how seriously they treat the threat. Meanwhile, Greg Jensen, managing chief investment officer at Bridgewater Associates and early backer of both OpenAI and Anthropic, acknowledges AI's extinction risk while emphasizing human choices shape AI's trajectory. Jensen, who leads Bridgewater's AI strategy, recently proposed a "token tax" in the New York Times to address job displacement from AI advancement. The debate reflects a broader tension in the AI industry: executives warn of existential dangers while simultaneously accelerating development. Jensen's proposal for economic safeguards suggests focus should shift from hypothetical extinction scenarios to concrete human impacts requiring policy intervention. The discourse underscores that regardless of AI's potential capabilities, human governance and decision-making remain central to AI outcomes.

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