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"Do You Trust this Computer?", documentary film, Chris Paine, 2018, USA

 

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"Urgent action needed over artificial intelligence risks to human rights"
States should place moratoriums on the sale and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put in place, UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday.

September 15, 2021

 

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Article "Calculations Suggest It'll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI"

by David Nield
November 5, 2021

 

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How dangerous is artificial superintelligence?

Feb 5, 2022

 

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Article "AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities"

by Eliezer Yudkowsky
June 6, 2022

 

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Article "Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity"
Superintelligent AI is "likely" to cause an existential catastrophe for humanity, according to a new paper, but we don't have to wait to rein in algorithms.

by Edward Ongweso Jr
September 13, 2022

 

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"With All of This Talk of Nuclear Weapons, Let’s Not Forget About the AI Arms Race"

by Alex McFarland
November 2, 2022

 

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Article "Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization"

by Ryan Browne
February 16, 2023

 

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Article "How to Start an AI Panic"
The Center for Humane Technology stoked conversation about the dangers of social media. Now it’s warning that artificial intelligence is as dangerous as nuclear weapons.

by Steven Levy
March 10, 2023

 

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"Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter"
We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Article "Elon Musk, Other AI Experts Call for Pause in Technology’s Development"
Appeal causes tension among artificial-intelligence stakeholders amid concern over pace of advancement

by Deepa Seetharaman
March 29, 2023

 

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Why do tech leaders want to pause AI development? | Engadget Podcast

Streamed live March 30, 2023

 

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Article "Why the FLI Open Letter Won't Work"
History sure does rhyme and AI is no exception

by Alberto Romero
March 31, 2023

 

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Article "US senator open letter calls for AI security at ‘forefront’ of development"

by Tim Keary
April 26, 2023

 

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"Governance of superintelligence"
Now is a good time to start thinking about the governance of superintelligence—future AI systems dramatically more capable than even AGI.

by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever
May 22, 2023

 

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Article "Top AI researchers and CEOs warn against ‘risk of extinction’ in 22-word statement"
It’s another high-profile warning about AI risk that will divide experts. Signatories include Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

by James Vincent
May 30, 2023

 

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The Urgent Risks of Runaway AI – and What to Do about Them | Gary Marcus | TED

May 12, 2023

Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our lives at such dangerously high speeds. He advocates for an urgent reevaluation of whether we're building reliable systems (or misinformation machines), explores the failures of today's AI and calls for a global, nonprofit organization to regulate the tech for the sake of democracy and our collective future. (Followed by a Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson)

 

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Article "The risks of AI are real but manageable"
The world has learned a lot about handling problems caused by breakthrough innovations.

by Bill Gates
July 11, 2023

 

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Article "An AI Pause Is Humanity's Best Bet For Preventing Extinction"

by Otto Barten and Joep Meindertsma
July 20, 2023

 

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Article "The Illusion Of AI’s Existential Risk"
Focusing on the prospect of human extinction by AI in the distant future may prevent us from addressing AI’s disruptive dangers to society today.

by Blake Richards, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Guillaume Lajoie and Dhanya Sridhar
July 18, 2023

 

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Artificial Escalation

Jul 17, 2023

This work of fiction seeks to depict key drivers that could result in a global Al catastrophe:
- Accidental conflict escalation at machine speeds;
- Al integrated too deeply into high-stakes functions;
- Humans giving away too much control to Al;
- Humans unable to tell what is real and what is fake, and;
- An arms race that ultimately has only losers.

The good news is, all of these risks can be avoided. This story does not have to be our fate.

Please share this video and learn more at futureoflife.org/project/artificial-escalation

This video has been informed by a 2020 paper from the Stockhold International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):
Boulanin, Vincent et al. ‘Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk’. sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/artificial-intelligence-strategic-stability-and-nuclear-risk