OpenAI Engineer Warns of AI's 'Existential Threat' to Humanity and Jobs

• OpenAI engineer Hieu Pham expresses concern over AI's disruptive impact on jobs and human relevance, calling it a 'when, not if' scenario.
• Pham's remarks highlight growing unease within the AI development community regarding the technology's rapid advancement.
• Concerns intensify as AI systems excel in coding, writing, and complex reasoning, raising fears of job displacement and social disruption.
• Mrinank Sharma, former Anthropic Safety Lead, also warned of interconnected crises and the need for human wisdom to match technological power.
• AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton cautions that advanced AI could become uncontrollable and surpass human intelligence, expressing regret over its rapid progress.