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Imagine I put 20 top AI researchers into a room and then I drew a 30ft line on the ground.

I tell the researchers to stand on the far left side of the line if they think AI will destroy us all. Then I tell them to stand on the right side of the line if they think it’s the best thing for humanity.

I just interviewed Joe Hudson on My First Million and he basically did this. (Episode come’s out this week).

Joe’s a CEO coach to the titans of Silicon Valley, and also on retainer at OpenAI. He’s interviewed the very people behind today’s AI technology: “I’ve sat with a whole bunch of [ai] researchers and they were asked 20 questions like ‘does a GI exist now?’ ‘Will it ever exist?’”. He also asked if it will help or help humanity.

Reminder: these researchers are the ones making AI. Presumably the most qualified people on earth to answer.

Then he asked the researchers to plot their answers. On the left was doom + gloom. On the right it was “this is good for humanity.”