The Aporia
The Aporia
Zeteo, an online publication, recently published a pair of essays debating the threat posed by advanced AI. The first essay comes from Nate Soares, an AI researcher and co-author of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies," who argues that developing smarter-than-human AI using current techniques could lead to human extinction. He believes there is at least a 10% chance of this outcome occurring. This view has been echoed by several AI researchers and executives in recent weeks, raising concerns about the safety and future implications of AI technology.
In just the last week, several AI researchers and executives have expressed growing concerns that AI could kill all humans in the next decade.
The first, below, is from Nate Soares, an AI researcher and co-author of the New York Times’s bestselling book, ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All,’ who argues the threat is real and we must heed the warning signs immediately.
A slightly weaker version of this view — “at least a 10% chance of human extinction if we rush to build superintelligence” — has gone mainstream among AI researchers.
Over the past week, AI company employees have quit their job or otherwise sounded the alarm that we may be on the brink of disaster.
