A Google employee said he quit because he's worried about superintelligent AI
Another Google worker has said they are concerned about the pace of AI development. Bloomberg/Getty Images Another tech worker has said they resigned over concerns about how fast AI is developing. This time, it's someone who worked on Google's AI chips. Robert O'Callahan said the risk of AI causing harm "is real but uncertain." A Google employee said he resigned from the company, citing the pursuit of powerful artificial intelligence as "inherently irresponsible." Robert O'Callahan, who worked at Google DeepMind, wrote in an X post that his team was developing chips to make AI faster and cheaper and that he believed AI was already "progressing too fast."
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