Whoopi Goldberg: recent AI warnings mean ‘something has happened already’
On Monday’s Hot Topics, The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg suggested recent warnings from AI industry figures indicate “something has happened already,” a view her co‑host Alyssa Farah Griffin echoed, TheWrap reports.
During Monday’s Hot Topics segment on ABC’s The View, moderator Whoopi Goldberg suggested that recent alarm from AI insiders points to an already‑occurring event. Goldberg told viewers that the sudden surge of warnings from industry insiders makes her suspect "something has happened already," adding that those involved were likely scrambling to figure out how to explain it. The comments came amid public calls from leading AI executives for a slowdown and greater regulation, and follow stark social‑media warnings from a former researcher, TheWrap reported.
Goldberg: sudden industry alarm suggests an incident
On Monday, Whoopi Goldberg weighed in on renewed concern about artificial intelligence, saying the rapid escalation of warnings from people who build the technology felt like evidence that "something has happened already." Goldberg prefaced her remarks by describing the comment as her "thought process" and added, "And they are trying to figure out how they're going to explain it," according to TheWrap.