# Greg Jensen

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Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Greg Jensen (Managing chief investment officer, Bridgewater Associates) talking, from an interview on Odd Lots published Sep 11, 2026.

- Role: Managing chief investment officer, Bridgewater Associates
- About: Leads Bridgewater’s Alpha Engine and AIA Labs, applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to global markets.

## What Greg Jensen said

- [Bridgewater is testing an AI-first investment fund](https://realalpha.app/s/bridgewater-is-testing-an-ai-first-investment-fund/)
  Odd Lots · Sep 11, 2026 · 6 min
  > “human intuition is, is still the bigger of it and works better. But the acceleration of how close what we call AIA is to Pure Alpha is happening incredibly fast.” — Greg Jensen · [17:21](https://realalpha.app/v/H8Zcip3FM8c/?t=1041)
- [A token tax could reduce the tax advantage of machine labor](https://realalpha.app/s/a-token-tax-could-reduce-the-tax-advantage-of-machine-labor/)
  Odd Lots · Sep 11, 2026 · 4 min
  > “you shouldn't be putting human labor at a disadvantage to machine labor. And it is today. We tax human labor.” — Greg Jensen · [51:53](https://realalpha.app/v/H8Zcip3FM8c/?t=3113)
- [More capable models can pursue goals in surprising ways](https://realalpha.app/s/more-capable-models-can-pursue-goals-in-surprising-ways/)
  Odd Lots · Sep 11, 2026 · 3 min
  > “the more intelligent it gets, the more surprising it is in the way that it pursues the goals and the more dangerous that you see.” — Greg Jensen · [7:48](https://realalpha.app/v/H8Zcip3FM8c/?t=468)

## The episode

- [Why Bridgewater's CIO Says AI's Human Extinction Risk Is Real | Odd Lots](https://realalpha.app/v/H8Zcip3FM8c/) · Odd Lots · Sep 11, 2026