AI to become more powerful in 10 years? Ex-Google CEO, LinkedIn co-founder issue warning about job threat

Back in May, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was among several tech executives booed at US university graduation ceremonies for bringing up artificial intelligence during his commencement address. Now, he’s among more than 200 industry leaders, top economists, researchers and Nobel Prize winners who signed a letter warning the world about the advanced tech’s potential threat to jobs.

Titled “We Must Act Now,” the letter, publicly available online, lays out a statement on “AI’s Transformation of the Economy. The 88-word-message has been detailed as a three-point listing that warns everyone about the possibility of AI becoming “radically more powerful over the next 10 years.”