Artificial intelligence could bring about the end of humanity, experts have warned.
The warning comes from many who are actively involved in the development of AI tools, including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind.
Dozens have supported the new statement published on the webpage of the Centre for AI Safety, which urges for mitigating the risks of AI to be considered a “global priority” on the same level as “pandemics and nuclear war.”
Sam Altman, the chief executive of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Demis Hassabis chief executive of Google DeepMind and Dario Amodei of Anthropic have all supported the statement.
Geoffrey Hinton, the so-called “godfather of AI”, who issued an earlier warning about risks from super-intelligent AI, has also supported the call.
However, critics have argued that these fears are unrealistic, and claim those spreading them may have ulterior motives.
They argue that creators of AI claiming it is capable of wiping out humanity may be a deliberate ploy to make their own technology appear more powerful than it really is.
Others argue that fearmongering is a distraction from existing problems in AI, such as the ability of the technology to enhance existing biases.
The statement by the Centre for AI Safety in full reads: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
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