AI Creates “Extinction Risk” on Par with Pandemic and Nuclear War
A group of leading technology experts from around the world have warned that artificial intelligence technologies should be seen as a social risk and placed in the same class of priorities as pandemics and nuclear wars.
The statement, signed by hundreds of executives and scientists, was released by the AI Security Center on Tuesday amid growing concerns about regulation and the risks the technology poses to humanity.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, also signed the statement. Also among the signatories is Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of the company.
Others who see AI as dangerous include Kevin Scott, Microsoft CTO, Google AI executives Leela Ibrahim and Merian Rogers, Angela Kane, former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament, and Skype and Quora executives.
World leaders and industry experts, such as those at OpenAI, have issued calls for the technology to be regulated due to existential fears that it could significantly impact labor markets, harm the health of millions, and use misinformation, discrimination, and impersonation.
The online version of the statement can be signed by interested scientists and entrepreneurs involved in artificial intelligence.
