AISN #9: Statement on Extinction Risks, Competitive Pressures, and When Will AI Reach Human-Level? .

Top Scientists Warn of Extinction Risks from AI

Last week, hundreds of AI scientists and notable public figures signed a public statement on AI risks written by the Center for AI Safety. The statement reads:

“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 was signed by a broad, diverse coalition. The statement represents a historic coalition of AI experts — along with philosophers, ethicists, legal scholars, economists, physicists, political scientists, pandemic scientists, nuclear scientists, and climate scientists — establishing the risk of extinction from advanced, future AI systems as one of the world’s most important problems.

The international community is [...]

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Outline:

(00:10) Top Scientists Warn of Extinction Risks from AI

(03:35) Competitive Pressures in AI Development

(07:22) When Will AI Reach Human Level?

(12:47) Links

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First published:
June 6th, 2023

Source:
https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-9

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