One chart reveals how much Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have scared people about AI

Billionaire AI bosses have done a great job of getting their point across to the general public on the possible future risks of letting the increasingly powerful technology run amok.

AI searches on Google this year have shifted from SaaSpocalypse (AI would dismantle software-as-a-service companies) to job apocalypse to AI extinction, points out a Deutsche Bank strategist in a new note.

Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) CEO Sam Altman have managed to scare investors and the average person about the powerful technology they created and have pushed their teams to supercharge it.

"Over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence — not just investing in risk prevention, but pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so that risk prevention has time to keep up," Amodei stated in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday. "We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of A.I. models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain."

Altman said right after the post that he agreed with his rival. He then followed that up on Monday with a dark X post early today.

"There are two ways AI progress could go very badly, and that we must avoid. First, we could lose control of the future to AI. This isn't acceptable. We're on Team Humanity, and AI must always serve people. To ensure that, we need ways to ensure that alignment and safety techniques stay ahead of progress in model capabilities," Altman said in an X post.