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Kevin Okemwa

Google CEO claims the probability of AI causing existential doom is “pretty high” — but he’s banking on humanity to rally against the imminent catastrophe

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025.

Over the past few years, generative AI has taken the tech world by storm, with every major corporation plunging billions into the ever-evolving landscape with the hope of catching up with the likes of OpenAI in the stiff AI race.

However, there are several issues that are seemingly deterring the technology from scaling greater heights, including privacy and security concerns lobbied by critics. Perhaps more concerning, multiple reports suggest that there's a 99.999999% probability that the technology could potentially lead to the end of humanity.

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