Bridgewater CIO Greg Jensen warns AI risk is at its 'February 2020' moment
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-11
On Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast, Bridgewater CIO Greg Jensen says he is concerned about human extinction from AI, comparing the current moment to 'February 2020' — right before COVID hit, when the risk was real but underappreciated.
The viral framing: we've been asking the wrong Jensen about AI — not NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, but Bridgewater's Greg Jensen, whose views on AI risk now deserve attention.
Related event: Bridgewater CIO Warns AI Risk Echoes February 2020(4 posts)→
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