Could AI End Humanity? Some Researchers Say Yes
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned about the ways technology could lead to humanity's demise: its bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or turn the entire planet into paperclip factories, as suggested by a thought experiment. Debates within the AI industry and beyond about the plausibility of these apocalyptic scenarios have intensified since several executives supported the idea of slowing down technology development for safety reasons. Despite warnings about the possibility of humans losing control over technology, some suspect that the worst-case scenarios described by AI companies are more about validating the importance of their work than reflecting reality. 'These arguments simply don't hold up. I think they are science fiction and appeal to a certain childish style of thinking, and it's very tempting for cutting-edge labs because it helps them recruit a certain type of people,' said Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade, a researcher at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne and a member of OpenAI's Frontier Risk Council.
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