Bilal Chughtai left DeepMind’s AGI safety team in July and posted his warning this week
Bilal Chughtai worked on AGI safety and alignment research at Google DeepMind until July.
This week he posted his reasons for leaving, writing on X:
“I recently resigned from Google DeepMind, where I worked on AGI safety and alignment research. At Google, I witnessed AI development first hand.
I too am extremely concerned by the default trajectory of this technology. I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be running out of time to avoid this outcome.”
His prescription is narrower than the warning. Chughtai said navigating this safely is achievable, but that it needs coordination “to avoid this manic race between AI companies” and development paced “to a speed that society can handle”.
Google did not respond to a request for comment outside business hours.
The two-month gap between his departure and his post is the detail worth holding. He...
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