Prediction certainty 3/5 debate potential 2/5

Graveley: AI scamming will cause years of extreme discomfort and financial harm

Alex Graveley · No Priors Ep. 10 | With Copilot's Chief Architect and founder of Minion.AI Alex Graveley · Apr 25, 2023 · at 10:04

Alex Graveley discusses near-term AI threats and agent-driven fraud with Elad Gil and Sarah Guo.

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“The honest answer is I think we're going to go through a many year period of extreme discomfort where AIs pretend to be things or confuse people or extract money from your grandparents or you know, drain people's life savings in ways that are that are scary”

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