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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Abe Asher

Karine Jean-Pierre laughs as Peter Doocy asks if AI development means ‘literally everyone on Earth will die’

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Peter Doocy arrived at Friday’s White House press briefing with an important question top of mind — one concerning robots and the looming end of organised human life.

“There’s an expert from the Machine Intelligence Research Institute who says that ‘If there is not an indefinite pause on AI development’ — this is a quote — ‘literally everyone on Earth will die,’” Doocy said when he was called on at the briefing. “Would you agree that does not sound good?”

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