Revisiting the case for slowing AI down
Amy republished the closing chapter of The Big Nine, adding a new assessment of where their AI governance proposals held up and where their thinking has changed.
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Amy Webb is a futurist, author, and NYU Stern professor who explores how AI, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies could change everyday life.
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In Convergence, Amy examined AI-designed genomes and the questions they raise about biological design, oversight, and safety.
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Talking through the 2026 Convergence Outlook
Amy joined Rana el Kaliouby on Pioneers of AI to discuss compute shock, living intelligence, emotional outsourcing, and how leaders can use the research.
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Grading an old forecast about AI music
The first installment of Amy’s Scorecard revisited a scenario drafted for The Big Nine about the Rolling Stones and machine-made music. Amy separated what the forecast got right about technology from what it got wrong about the band.
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Putting a name to anxiety about AGI
Amy introduced “AGITA,” short for AGI-Triggered Anxiety, in an essay about rushed AI spending. The piece offers questions for testing an investment before committing to it.
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