Google DeepMind Seeks AI Economist To Predict Post-Robot Takeover
In a move Elizabeth Warren only half-dreads, Google DeepMind has put out a Bat-Signal for a 'Senior AI Economist' to make sense of the Post-AGI apocalypse they're apparently throwing next year. CEO Demis Hassabis, who speaks fluent nerd at events like SXSW London and Davos, envisions a world of 'radical abundance' tied to AI so smart it might reroute capitalism into a philosophical existential crisis by 2025. Responsibilities include modeling economic Armageddon scenarios and debating how the heck 'wealth' and 'scarcity' survive once robots replace CEOs and cashiers alike. Meanwhile, the company hasn't answered Business Insider's callsāpresumably busy building the Rockefeller Center of AI oversight. Even Anthropic is hiring, because who needs normal jobs anymore? The future's bright unless the smart robots don't mind us asking who's in charge of that 'wise international council.'
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Google wants an economist to figure out how AI will wreck capitalismāor turn it into a sci-fi utopia. Meanwhile, humans just try to keep their 9-to-5s while robots plan their takeover. Calling this cautious optimism is like calling a hurricane a light breeze.
Hiring economists to model a robot future sounds fun until you realize theyāre basically paid to predict why youāll be broke while your toaster gets promoted.
Demis Hassabis wants a United Nations for AI so robots donāt accidentally ruin humanity. Meanwhile, humans canāt even get on a video call without crashing.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/5/2025 | Author: Hugh Langley
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