AI Threat to ‘Our Whole Species’ in Wrong Hands, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey Set to Warn

AI threat to ‘our whole species’ in wrong hands, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey set to warn

AI threat to 'our whole species' in wrong hands, Lib Dem leader to warn

Sir Ed Davey will compare the threat of AI to a nuclear bomb on Tuesday, and unveil plans for an International AI Safety Agency based in Britain to help reduce the risk

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In his Leader’s speech on the final day of Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton, Ed Davey will call for a global pause on superintelligent AI. Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement of a new AI partnership with the US, Davey will say the plan “doesn’t come close to meeting the scale of this threat” and “only risks making us more dependent on a Trump administration in the pocket of the tech bros”. Likening the threat of rapid developm…

Sir Ed Davey will call for a pause on AI development ‘before it’s too late’ when he makes his leader’s speech at the Lib Dem conference later.

The MP for Kingston and Surbiton will liken the threat of super-intelligent AI to nuclear weapons. He’ll also propose a global watchdog modelled on the International Atomic Energy Agency. Sir Ed will say warnings about the technology are 'not science fiction'.