AI CEO warns AI's disruption will be 'much bigger' than COVID: 'The people I care about deserve to hear what is coming'

Hyperwrite CEO Matt Shumer's essay has now been viewed over 30 million times on X.

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• An AI CEO wrote a viral essay warning that AI will change society more than COVID-19 did.
• Hyperwrite CEO Matt Shumer said AI can now replace his technical work, and AI will disrupt move than engineers.
• As of Wednesday morning, Shumer's post had 40 million views and 18,000 retweets.

It's never a good sign when a CEO warns something more disruptive than COVID is heading our way.