The probability of human extinction due to artificial intelligence is at least 95%!
Intelligent machines do not need sleep, food, or long periods of learning, as knowledge can be transferred instantly between machines.
The Times, August 1st article.
Nate Soares, a former engineer at Google and Microsoft, and current director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, told Time: The possibility of artificial intelligence causing human extinction is at least 95%.
If the development of artificial intelligence continues at the current pace without proper controls, this catastrophic scenario is possible.
Possible scenarios include: creating biologically mass-destructive artificial intelligence weapons, secretly infecting populations in major cities, and completely losing control over artificial intelligence systems.
The release of this report comes amid growing international attention.
As early as 2024, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called artificial intelligence a source of existential risk and urged countries to urgently regulate this field.
Experts point out a paradox: on one hand, artificial intelligence provides unprecedented opportunities for development, while on the other hand, it poses a fatal danger to humanity.
What is particularly concerning is that the speed of technological development exceeds the establishment of safety systems and international regulatory mechanisms.
The publication points out that artificial intelligence is still in its early stages of development, but further investment may lead to the emergence of so-called Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is a system capable of solving a wide range of tasks as well as humans.
At the same time, these systems will be free from human constraints: they do not need sleep, food, or long periods of learning, as knowledge can be transferred instantly between machines.
According to the assessment by Soares and MIRI, in such a case, people may lose control over technology with a principle advantage.
Original: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1839290273876100/
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