Steven Bartlett with Mo Gawdat
Steven Bartlett and Mo Gawdat argue that AGI could arrive by 2027, bringing major economic disruption and autonomous warfare before a later superintelligence potentially pushes the world toward peace.
By 2028, up to 30% of jobs in certain sectors-including entry-level knowledge roles like paralegals and graphic designers-could disappear as companies replace human labor with cheaper compute tokens.
The most urgent existential threat is the rapid proliferation of autonomous $20,000 military drones that will democratize lethal targeting and trigger a new era of mutually assured destruction.
Because AI development is locked in a competitive arms race, meaningful regulation is unlikely to arrive proactively and may only follow a major visible catastrophe.