What you need to know
- Elon Musk says AI has the potential of taking over or even ending humanity, placing the probability of this happening between 10 and 20 percent.
- Regardless of the looming danger, Musk says more advances in the AI landscape should be explored.
- An AI Safety researcher says the probability of AI ending humanity is higher than Musk perceives, further stating that it's almost certain and the only way to stop it from happening is not to build it in the first place.
- Other researchers and executives echo similar sentiments based on the p(doom) theorem.
