Speaking of people we tend to listen to when they speak or write, Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick is another favorite of ours. His recent exposé commenting on the flood of AI announcements and the newest round of “AGI will be here soon!” market screaming is pretty much spot on.
The important bit is in his last paragraph:
What concerns me most isn't whether the labs are right about this timeline - it's that we're not adequately preparing for what even current levels of AI can do, let alone the chance that they might be correct. […] The time to start having these conversations isn't after the water starts rising - it's now.
Amen. Here is his dispatch.
