AI could lead to extinction?

Experts warn that AI could potentially lead to human extinction.

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00:00Dozens of AI industry leaders and academics have warned that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.

00:06A statement published on the Center for AI Safety website says that mitigating the risk of extinction from AI

00:11should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war.

00:17According to the website, examples of disaster scenarios include, but are not limited to,

00:21AI being weaponized by drug discovery tools that are used to build chemical weapons,

00:26AI-generated misinformation undermining societal decision-making,

00:29AI becoming concentrated to just a select few,

00:32and AI leading to overall dependency, similar to the scenario portrayed in WALL-E.

00:36People in support of the call include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the so-called godfather of AI Jeffrey Hinton,

00:43as well as executives from Google DeepMind and Anthropic.

00:46Even though AI experts say the technology is still a long way from the stuff of science fiction,

00:52the rapid investment into the AI industry calls for regulation before any major mishaps occur.