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Poll: Americans Say There’s a Serious Risk of AI Destroying Humanity

The poll found 72% of U.S. adults worry artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, intensifying debate over regulation and state-level guardrails.

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A new POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans favor pausing the development of more advanced AI models, and 63 percent say the technology poses at least a moderate risk of destroying humanity.

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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = More than 6 out of 10 Americans are concerned about the possibility that out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) could destroy humanity...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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About two-thirds of respondents says there is risk that advanced AI could destroy humanity, in wake of warning from industry figures

·Ankara, Türkiye
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