‘Buckle up’: IMF and Bank of England join growing chorus warning of an AI bubble

‘Buckle up’: IMF and Bank of England join growing chorus warning of an AI bubble:

  • The International Monetary Fund and Bank of England have both issued warnings about soaring stock market valuations.

  • As industry spending surges, top financial institutions say a sharp correction could occur if investor appetite for artificial intelligence turns sour.

  • “If you think of a bubble of about five stages, we’re probably in stage three,” Joost van Leenders, senior investment strategist at Dutch asset manager Van Lanschot Kempen, told CNBC.

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Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman urges developers to abandon research into AI consciousness, stating only biological beings possess this trait. He emphasizes that AI simulates experience and suffering, but does not truly feel it, drawing a distinction from biological beings who have pain networks and preferences. Suleyman believes pursuing AI consciousness is a misplaced and absurd endeavor.

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