Aleksey Savchenko, General Manager at XLA

Opinion

July 3, 2023

Why nothing excites us more than the end of the world

News and entertainment media have made us fearful of AI, for better and for worse

If you’re someone who reads the news regularly, by now you’ll be aware of the fact that we’re all gonna die. If we’re not wiped out by the climate crisis, it will be nuclear war and if it’s not that, beware antibiotic-resistant diseases. 

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Aleksey Savchenko

Aleksey Savchenko is general manager at XLA. Aleksey has previously held roles at companies such as Epic Games, GSC Game World, BWF and Boolat Games. He is also a published author and virtual simulation researcher.

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