The way that CEOs of major AI companies have been talking about their products in recent years really has been bonkers.

They seem to be going out of their way to terrify their potential customers.

I mean, last week, I played a clip of Microsoft CEO Mustafa Suleiman, claiming that their AI systems would be capable of fully

automating basically every knowledge work task within a year.

That's not a very nice thing to tell to your customers.

All your jobs are going to go away, by the way.

We're working on it.

Hold for applause, I guess.

Now, he's far from alone in making these type of disturbing claims.

Here's Open AI CEO Sam Altman talking last summer about what the world is going to be like after AI takes over everything.

People really need agency.

Like, they really need to feel like they have a voice in governing the future and deciding where things go. And I think if you

just like say, okay, AI is going to do everything and then everybody gets like a, you know,

dividend from that, it's not going to feel good. And I don't think it actually would be good for

people. So I think we need to find a way where we're not just like, if we're in this world, where we're not just distributing money or wealth.

Like actually, I don't just want like a check every month.

What I would want is like ownership share, you know, whatever the AI creates so that I feel like I'm participating in this thing that's going to compound and get more valuable over time.

All right.

So to summarize what Altman just said there, sure, AI will quote unquote do everything, but

don't worry, we're going to find way for you humans to still participate in the world.

And now, not to be outdone, here's Anthropic CEO Dario Amadeh, also wringing his hands

about the damage that his own company's products will soon do. But exactly those same kind of

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