Updates on Existential Risk
Every AI story we track on Existential Risk: 16 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.
Pulled from 125 sources
This month
AI Research10 min read
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
The Guardian
Society & Culture2 min read
AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
The Verge
‘Things Will Never Be Chill Again’: The Doomers Who Shaped the AI Safety Freakout
The Wall Street Journal
Society & Culture5 min read
The Doomsday Warnings AI CEOs Gave When They First Founded Their Companies
Gizmodo
Society & Culture39 min read
The Preference Cascade Is Only Getting Started
Don't Worry About the Vase
Where Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg Stand on AI Safety
Covered by 3 sources
Society & Culture9 min read
A former Google DeepMind safety researcher explains the frightening difference between AI and other threats like nuclear war and asteroids
Business Insider
Society & Culture23 min read
The Extinction Risk Preference Cascade: Quotes
Don't Worry About the Vase
Society & Culture4 min read
The 'Godfather of AI' says it's not 'unreasonable' to believe there's a 10% chance the technology will end humanity
Business Insider
Society & Culture3 min read
Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable
Futurism
The most-cited computer scientist alive says AI could make humanity extinct within a decade
The Next Web
That's everything we have on Existential Risk right now