Technologists and computer science experts are warning that artificial intelligence poses threats to humanity’s survival on par with nuclear warfare and global pandemics, and even business leaders who are fronting the charge for A.I. are cautioning about the technology’s existential risks.
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, is one of over 300 signatories behind a public “statement of A.I. risk” published Monday by the Center for A.I. Safety, a nonprofit research organization. The letter is a short single statement to capture the risks associated with A.I.:
