AI Leaders Warn: ‘Mitigating the Risk of Extinction From AI Should Be a Global Priority’
thewrap.comstatement, , hosted by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) website, itself is brief:“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”There’s a disclaimer before the statement explaining why it’s just a single sentence.
In short, the idea behind the open letter being so brief is to cut through the noise generated by everyone talking about various facets of the AI situation rather than the bigger picture, the likes of which not everyone is taking seriously.
Here is the statement before the statement, in full:“AI experts, journalists, policymakers, and the public are increasingly discussing a broad spectrum of important and urgent risks from AI.
Even so, it can be difficult to voice concerns about some of advanced AI’s most severe risks. The succinct statement below aims to overcome this obstacle and open up discussion.
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