From 'No Path to AGI for 20 Years' to Pumping the Brakes: Obama's AI Evolution
gregmushen · x · 2026-09-15
gregmushen traces Obama's evolving stance on AI:
- A paper produced right before he left office concluded there was no clear path to general intelligence for at least 20 years, with near-term concerns limited to automation and worker displacement
- 2022, pre-ChatGPT: his Stanford speech focused on disinformation and increasingly convincing deepfakes
- 2023: deepfake concerns grew, plus labor market disruption worries
- 2026: after a decade watching AI progress, he says it's time to pump the brakes
A neat timeline of how mainstream elite views on AI risk shifted rapidly after ChatGPT.
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