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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Alex Hern

Discrimination is a bigger AI risk than human extinction – EU commissioner

Margrethe Vestager
Margrethe Vestager: ‘Probably [the risk of extinction] may exist, but I think the likelihood is quite small.’ Photograph: Johanna Geron/Reuters

Discrimination is a bigger threat posed by artificial intelligence than possible extinction of the human race, according to the EU’s competition commissioner.

Margrethe Vestager said although the existential risk from advances in AI may be a concern, it was unlikely, whereas discrimination from the technology was a real problem.

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