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AI ‘superintelligence’ would pose 5% or greater risk of extinction, researchers claim

By Christopher Hutton
Published January 4, 2024 10:47am ET
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AI ‘superintelligence’ would pose 5% or greater risk of extinction, researchers claim
There’s a non-trivial chance that artificial intelligence could cause an extinction-level event for humanity if it ever becomes more intelligent than humans, according to researchers in the field. The conclusion comes from a survey of 2,700 AI researchers who had published their work at six leading academic conferences on the subject. The experts were asked […]

There’s a non-trivial chance that artificial intelligence could cause an extinction-level event for humanity if it ever becomes more intelligent than humans, according to researchers in the field.

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