Is AI really a threat on par with nuclear war? Some experts aren't convinced
SalonThe artificial intelligence world faced a swarm of stinging backlash Tuesday morning, after more than 350 tech executives and researchers released a public statement declaring that the risks of runaway AI could be on par with those of "nuclear war" and human "extinction." "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," the statement from the non-profit Center for AI Safety said. "Instead of the statement calling for a development pause, which would risk freezing OpenAI's lead in the generative AI field, it lobbies policymakers to focus on risk mitigation — doing so while OpenAI is simultaneously crowdfunding efforts to shape 'democratic processes for steering AI,'" Lomas added. "You'll never see these people signing a document like this about prioritizing the mitigation of harms, some profound, already being caused by AI companies like OpenAI," Torres said is a series of tweets.
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