A broad coalition of AI experts recently released a brief public statement warning of the risk of extinction from AI. Dan writes, A CEO who acquires an AI assistant receives less oversight and more autonomy in the name of efficiency. The economy is run by autonomous AI corporations, and humanity realizes too late that we've lost control. If this happens, our future will be highly dependent on the nature of these AI agents.
TIME Magazine's current cover story is titled "The End of Humanity: How Real Is The Risk?" It's a marker of how much the AI risk and safety conversation has gone mainstream. On this episode, NLW reads two pieces: AI Is Not an Arms Race - Katja Grace The Darwinian Argument for Worrying About AI - Dan Hendrycks The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.
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