Can AI lead to extinction? This is just one of the questions people have as artificial intelligence models continue to arrive.
A boy points to the AI robot Poster during the 2022 World Robot Conference at Beijing Etrong International Exhibition on August 18, 2022, in Beijing, China. The 2022 World Robot Conference kicked off on Thursday in Beijing.
Although people take advantage of these AI models, many of them are still concerned about the risks AI possibly poses. Numerous scientists also shared their insights regarding the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Now, it turns out that even officials of AI companies and tech firms with AI technologies also agree that artificial intelligence is dangerous.
Can AI Lead To Human Extinction?
According to BBC News' latest report, a statement was published by CAIS (Center for AI Safety).
This photo taken on May 10, 2023, shows a robot being assembled at Hanson Robotics, a robotics and artificial intelligence company which creates human-like robots, in Hong Kong.
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The one-sentence statement said that the risk of human extinction from artificial intelligence should become a priority of the world.
The statement explained that AI's posed risk of extinction should be handled like how nuclear war and pandemics are prioritized.
CAIS said that this statement aims to help voice concerns about the most severe risks involving AI.
"It is also meant to create common knowledge of the growing number of experts and public figures who also take some of advanced AI's most severe risks seriously," said the Center for AI Safety via its official webpage.
OpenAI CEO, Other Experts Sign CAIS Open Letter
The New York Times reported that the latest open letter from CAIS is expected to be released soon. As of writing, the open letter has been signed by hundreds of scientists and other AI experts. Some tech executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, signed the open letter as well.
Here are other tech executives who signed the CAIS open letter:
- Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind CEO)
- Adam D'Angelo (Quora CEO and OpenAI's board member)
- Simon Last (Asana CEO and co-founder)
- Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO)
- Ryota Kanai (Araya Inc. CEO)
As of press time, CAIS is still accepting signatures from global leaders, tech executives, scientists, engineers, and other relevant people who can support the open letter.
You can click here to learn more about it.
Although artificial intelligence has lots of concerning risks, many companies and organizations are still trying to take advantage of it.
Recently, MIT introduced a new X-ray-like AI tech that can be used to improve autonomous vehicles. Aside from MIT, NVIDIA also unveiled a new AI system that can make NPC interactions more natural.
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