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Chloe Taylor

1,300 A.I. experts come together to downplay ‘nightmare scenario of evil robot overlords'

A visitor takes a picture of humanoid AI robot "Ameca" at the booth of Engineered Arts company during the world's largest gathering of humanoid AI Robots as part of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on July 5, 2023. (Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

The development of superintelligent machines is a “journey without a return ticket”—but not a ride that will end with humans being destroyed by “evil robot overlords,” a cohort of international technologists has argued.

In an open letter published on Tuesday, more than 1,370 signatories—including business founders, CEOs and academics from various institutions including the University of Oxford—said they wanted to “counter ‘A.I. doom.’”

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