AI Poses Risk of Extinction, Warn Top Researchers and CEOs.
A group of top AI researchers, engineers, and CEOs have issued a 22-word statement warning about the existential threat they believe that AI poses to humanity. The statement calls for mitigating the risk of extinction from AI as a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war. The statement is the latest high-profile intervention in the complicated and controversial debate over AI safety.