AI Apocalypse: Researcher Survey Hints at Potential for Extinction-Level Event
Imagination served on a platter of AI science, anyone? According to a new survey, we’ve finished our appetizer and are fast approaching the main course: the potential for artificial intelligence to put a full stop to human existence. Seriously, folks. This isn’t the plot of a new dystopian thriller, it comes directly from the lips of 2,778 AI researchers.
Key Findings That’ll Make You Rethink Your Love For Sci-Fi:
- A recent survey involving 2,778 AI researchers showed that there’s a decent chance of Skynet…er…AI triggering a not-so-happy-ending for humans.
- Just over half of these dedicated, sleep deprived, and coffee-addicted researchers considered a five percent chance of humans being shipped off to the land of the dodos, courtesy of fancy algorithms.
- What’s scarier? Ten percent of these boffins thought the chance of this “extremely bad outcome” was worth pondering.
Final Thoughts: Someone Queue the James Cameron’s Music!
In a universe where every second tech organization is hellbent on creating a smarter, faster, more independent AI, this survey is the perfect reminder that maybe, just maybe, we are playing with Pandora’s box. Of course, these scenarios remain wildly speculative today, but it does raise questions about the future of AI and how we should proceed. Perhaps it’s time to take a leaf out of Asimov’s book and draft some solid laws for these mechanical brains we seem so keen on developing. If not, we might be looking forward to a future dominated by an AI overlord, where mankind’s best selling product could well be the control-alt-delete tattoo!
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https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-chance-ai-human-extinction
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