ChatGPT creator warns of ‘existential risk’ from AI within a decade

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has warned that superhuman artificial intelligence posing an “existential risk” to humanity could become reality within just ten years. The startup’s top bosses have called for the regulation of AI and warned that “superintelligence” is comparable to nuclear energy in terms of the risks it poses to mankind. OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman, president Greg Brockman, and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said that it was “conceivable” that AI could surpass expert-level abilities “in most domains” within the next 10 years. “We must mitigate the risks of today’s AI technology too, but superintelligence will require special treatment and coordination,” said the company's bosses in a blog post.