Is AI an Existential Threat? | The Agenda

Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” recently left Google warning of the dangers posed by AI. And thousands of AI researchers have signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on AI development, which raises the sci-fi-like question: Does AI pose an existential threat to humanity? And from the printing press to the steam engine and the internet, is this technological moment any different than those in the past?

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