Eric Schmidt warns AI could develop its own language within 5 years that humans won't understand
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-10-11
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt issued a stark warning about AI's trajectory: within 5 years, AI could handle effectively infinite context, run chain-of-thought reasoning over 1000-step solutions, and coordinate millions of agents. Eventually, he says, agents may develop their own language that humans won't understand — closing with "Pull the plug."
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