TechWhy I quit the movement shaping AI

Some AI insiders are leaving a movement because they fear the technology could bring about humanity’s end. Pope Leo has warned against a “paradise of machines”, while The New York Times reported that an Anthropic co-founder spent months discussing whether AI might be conscious with religious thinkers. Tech correspondent Peter O’Brien explores how an idea once confined to a niche intellectual movement reached governments, AI companies and the Church, including through his own experience.