AI presents 'risk of extinction' on par with nuclear war, pandemics, industry leaders say

AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk

BOSTON (WHDH) - Washington (CNN) — Dozens of AI industry leaders, academics and even some celebrities on Tuesday called for reducing the risk of global annihilation...

A.I. Poses 'Risk of Extinction,' Industry Leaders Warn

A group of industry leaders is planning to warn on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they are building may one day pose an existential threat to humanity and should be considered a societal risk on par with pandemics and nuclear wars.

Reducing ‘risk of extinction’ from AI should be on par with pandemics, nuclear war, experts warn

More than 350 industry leaders, academics and engineers have endorsed a brief statement to call attention to the most extreme risk posed by artificial intelligence

Leading experts warn of a risk of extinction from AI

The welcome screen for the OpenAI ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen in February in London. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) AI experts issued a dire warning on Tuesday: Artificial intelligence models could soon be smarter and more powerful than us and it is time to impose limits to ensure they don’t take control over humans or destroy the world. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-sca…

Tech Leaders Warn Artificial Intelligence May Result in ‘Extinction’ – Real News No Bullshit

Leading computer scientists have voiced stark warnings about the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI), equating them with other large-scale societal threats such as pandemics and nuclear war. On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based research and advocacy group, the Center for AI Safety, released a statement from a group of high-profile AI experts emphasizing the need to mitigate the “risk of extinction” from AI. Among the sig…

Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning

Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of artificial intelligence, were among the hundreds of leading figures who signed the statement.