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The EU’s AI Act is now in force

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OpenAI’s uncanny valley.

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Rishi Sunak

Kamala Harris

Bill Gates

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Yoshua Bengio

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Demis Hassabis

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Yann LeCun

Gary Marcus

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Marc Andreessen

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Norbert Wiener

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There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?

The US, EU, UK, Israel, and six other nations have signed the first-ever legally binding international AI treaty during a Council of Europe (COE) summit in Vilnius on Thursday.

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The document was initially passed in May, having been negotiated between the Council of Europe's 46 members (including all EU countries) and eleven external states.

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The framework's "general obligations" include a commitment to protect human rights, democratic institutions and processes, as well as freedom of speech during AI activities. The text also calls for 'adequate" transparency, oversight, accountability, and responsibility.

The treaty applies to AI systems created by either public authorities or private organizations acting on their behalf, unless in protection of national security within the jurisdiction of international law. The document also requires signatories to "address risks and impacts" from private actors not directly covered within the text.

US, EU, UK Sign International AI Treaty

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