Google co-founder Sergey Brin believes threats of physical violence improve AI performance.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin believes threats of physical violence improve AI performance.

Sergey Brin stated on the All-In podcast that threats of physical violence increase the effectiveness of interacting with AI.

“All models, not just ours, work better if you threaten them. For example, saying: ‘I will kidnap you if you don’t do this, this, and that.’ But the community doesn’t talk about this — it sounds strange and awkward, so the topic is kept quiet,” he explained.

Brin stepped down from his role in 2019, but a conversation with an OpenAI employee convinced him to return to the company and work on developing the Gemini neural network — one of ChatGPT’s main competitors.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has repeatedly praised Brin’s deep involvement in AI projects.