The chances of humanity being wiped out has been high on many people's minds. The war in Ukraine has brought back to the fore a fear that many thought had receded. President Putin has ordered Russia's strategic nuclear forces to be placed on high alert. And as if all those weren't enough for us to be concerned about, it seems you've got something else to worry about now too.
Wiping out a tenth of the world? Possible. Wiping out all of humanity? Less likely, but not entirely impossible. We examine how two groups of experts have arrived at these worrying predictions about AI. Education is giving hope to inmates in a maximum security prison in New York (11:17). And, on Britain’s working men’s clubs which have nurtured rock bands for decades (18:00).
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