The Intelligence from The Economist AI-pocalypse: predicting the threat from artificial intelligence
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Jul 12, 2023 
Arjun Ramani, a Global Business and Economics Correspondent for The Economist, and Michael Hahn, a music writer for the same publication, dive into the ominous predictions surrounding artificial intelligence. They discuss the potential catastrophic impacts of AI, weighing differing expert views on existential risks. Additionally, Ramani sheds light on an inspiring educational initiative at Sing Sing prison, while Hahn celebrates the cultural resurgence of British working men's clubs as vital music venues that have supported rock bands for decades.
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Existential Threats
- Humanity faces several existential threats, including climate change, pandemics, and nuclear war.
- These threats are now joined by AI, according to some experts.
AI Risk Assessment
- While current AI doesn't pose an existential risk, future advancements could.
- Experts, particularly in AI, often overestimate the risks in their domain.
Risk Assessment Study
- Researchers compared risk assessments from domain experts and superforecasters.
- They examined AI, bioweapons, and nuclear war, defining 'catastrophe' and 'extinction' events.