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Is There a Risk of an Existential Catastrophe in AI?
Experts disagree on the degree to which AI poses an existential risk. Two of the leading labs developing AI, DeepMind and OpenAI, also have teams dedicated to figuring out how to solve technical safety issues. Over half of researchers thought the chance of an existential catastrophe was greater than 5%. We think this problem remains highly neglected with only around 300 people working directly on the issue worldwide.