Another Crazy Day in AI: When AI Pioneers Sound the Alarm

Wowza Team
Nov 26, 2025
4 min read

Updated: Dec 1, 2025

Hello, AI Enthusiasts.

Almost Thanksgiving, and AI isn’t slowing down for the holiday.

One of AI’s founding voices outlined the risks we might face if the technology keeps accelerating faster than our systems can handle it. Widespread unemployment, geopolitical tension, and even human relationships could be affected, he warns.

Meanwhile, after the Gemini 3 release, Google CEO says the AI team finally gets a moment to breathe... if only for a bit.

And if you’re juggling plans, work, or group projects this week, you can now collaborate with friends, colleagues, or classmates, and ChatGPT, all in the same conversation. A little help from AI for the holiday hustle.

Take a break from AI and enjoy some pie. But first...

Here's another crazy day in AI:

Godfather of AI on what lies ahead
After Gemini 3 release, Pichai hopes AI team gets some sleep
OpenAI introduces group chats in ChatGPT
Some AI tools to try out

TODAY'S FEATURED ITEM: Godfather of AI Speaks Out

A robotic scientist in a classic white coat with 'AI Scientist' on its back stands beside a human scientist with 'Human Scientist' on their coat, looking towards the AI Scientist.

Image Credit: Wowza (created with Ideogram)

If the people who invented AI are now warning us about it, shouldn't we be paying closer attention?

In a recent public discussion at Georgetown University, Geoffrey Hinton—widely known as one of the "godfathers" behind today's AI breakthroughs—laid out his starkest warnings yet. Reported by Frank Landymore, Tech and Science Correspondent, on Futurism, the conversation captures Hinton's view that AI poses risks far beyond typical tech disruption: from widespread unemployment to geopolitical instability and even the erosion of human relationships. His message is less about sensationalism and more about a sobering pattern he's seeing as the technology accelerates faster than political, economic, and ethical systems can catch up.

Main Points He Raised:

He warned that many workers who lose their jobs to AI may not find new ones, which differs from previous waves of technological change.
He noted that major AI leaders and investors might not be fully considering how large-scale unemployment could affect demand and the broader economy.
Current models already handle far more information than humans ever could, which he believes could lead them to surpass human capability in many areas.
Some early attempts to replace human workers have stumbled, but the drive toward automation is continuing across industries.
He questioned how societies will respond if productivity increases while incomes for many workers potentially decline.
He expressed concern that autonomous military tools could make it easier for powerful nations to engage in conflict with fewer political consequences.
He observed that more young people are forming emotional connections with AI companions, which may shape how social relationships evolve.
The rapid spread of synthetic media and deepfakes may require stronger systems for verifying where information actually comes from.
He acknowledged that these same technologies could also bring major improvements in healthcare, education, and large-scale planning.
He emphasized the need for clearer safety testing and more transparent oversight as AI continues to advance.

Hinton doesn't pretend to know exactly how things will unfold, and he's honest about that uncertainty throughout the conversation. He compares it to driving through fog where you can only see clearly for a short distance ahead. When students ask about the future, he acknowledges that experts have already been wrong about timelines. Capabilities arrived much faster than anticipated. That experience seems to have made him more cautious about making predictions while also more convinced that the changes ahead could be significant.

The discussion reveals something useful precisely because it doesn't try to force everything into a neat narrative. Healthcare applications look promising while job displacement looks challenging. Education could improve while misinformation gets harder to combat. These realities can coexist, and probably will. What comes through clearly is that decisions being made now, about funding, regulation, deployment, and governance, will matter quite a bit for how these tensions resolve. Hinton and Sanders aren't offering a roadmap so much as pointing out that we're at a junction where the path forward hasn't been determined yet. The conversation happened in front of students who will live with whatever gets decided, and their questions suggest they understand what's at stake even if nobody can tell them exactly what comes next.

Read the full article here.

Watch the conversation here.

OTHER INTERESTING AI HIGHLIGHTS:

After Gemini 3 Release, Pichai Hopes AI Team Gets Some Sleep

/Lakshmi Varanasi, Tech & Trending Reporter, on Business Insider

Google’s latest AI milestone, the launch of Gemini 3, has capped off an intense sprint for the company’s engineering teams. In a recent podcast interview, CEO Sundar Pichai shared that the team is finally getting a moment to breathe after months of work that helped push Google’s valuation close to $4 trillion. The model’s release sparked strong reactions across the industry, with leaders like Salesforce’s Marc Benioff calling it a major leap in reasoning and multimodal capability. Pichai noted that while the world may have seen Google as “quiet” in previous years, the company was in fact laying the groundwork for its long-term AI ambitions—now fully on display.

Another Crazy Day in AI: When AI Pioneers Sound the Alarm

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