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Ragnark Question Series: If a global catastrophe occurs, will it be due to an artificial intelligence failure-mode?

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Yoshua Bengio

Fei-Fei Li

Demis Hassabis

Melanie Mitchell

Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

Geoffrey Hinton

Yann LeCun

Gary Marcus

Max Tegmark

Connor Leahy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Jaan Tallinn

Marc Andreessen

Eric Schmidt

Norbert Wiener

Arthur Clarke

Irving John Good

Claude Shannon

Hans Moravec

John Smart

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?

Vladimir Putin

Hod Lipson

Yuval Noah Harari

Sundar Pichai

"[T]here will be far greater jobs" thanks to AI and "the jobs of today will get better."

AI will probably "take over a lot of jobs," but could also "create new kinds of jobs"

"[W]e might witness the creation of a massive new unworking class."

AI "is not going to put a lot of people out of work permanently" but work will change.

AI might take away more than just "drudge work."

"AI software will be in direct competition with a lot of people for jobs."

"Automation and AI will take away pretty much all of our jobs."

Eventually, "AI will be able to do everything" and jobs will exist only for "personal satisfaction."

Will AI Replace All Jobs?

Stuart Russell

Shane Legg

Society is more likely to get "cat-level" or "dog-level" AI years before human-level AI.

"[W]e will eventually reach AGI... and quite possibly before the end of this century."

"Superhuman AIs" will be achieved "between a few years and a couple of decades."

"Digital intelligence" could overtake us within "5 to 20 years."

We may achieve "something like AGI or AGI-like in the next decade."

"[W]e could get to real AGI in the next decade."

"Human-level" AI could occur in "two or three years."

"I'd be surprised if we don't have AGI by [2029]."

Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence, and When?

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Amy Brand

AI "will never replace a person’s expertise and judgement [in scientific publishing]."

"AI has the potential to be an assistive tool in peer review — supporting summarization, drafting, and literature searches. But a fully AI-driven review is unacceptable."

"Using AI to estimate the quality of articles and predict citation counts also risks amplifying biases, putting authors from under-represented disciplines, institutions, or regions at a disadvantage."

"Over-reliance on AI could reduce the role of critical human judgment in scientific inquiry, potentially overlooking novel or unconventional insights that AI algorithms might miss."

"This lack of scrutiny [in AI scientist systems] poses a risk of introducing flaws that could undermine the integrity, reliability, and trustworthiness of their research outputs."

Will AI Influence the Integrity of the Scientific Publication Process?

More than 100 UK parliamentarians from across parties have signed a campaign calling on the government to introduce binding regulations on the most powerful AI systems. The campaign is coordinated by Control AI, whose backers include Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn.

More than 100 UK parliamentarians from across parties have signed a campaign calling on the government to introduce binding regulations on the most powerful AI systems. The campaign is coordinated by Control AI, whose backers include Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn.

Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to introduce binding regulation on companies developing the most powerful AI models. However, the UK government has postponed plans to regulate AI for at least one year while developing a more extensive legislative framework.

Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to introduce binding regulation on companies developing the most powerful AI models. However, the UK government has postponed plans to regulate AI for at least one year while developing a more extensive legislative framework.

A survey by the Ada Lovelace Institute found that 89% of the UK public support an independent regulator for AI equipped with enforcement powers. A separate poll by YouGov for Control AI found that 87% of Britons would back a law requiring AI developers to prove their systems are safe.

A survey by the Ada Lovelace Institute found that 89% of the UK public support an independent regulator for AI equipped with enforcement powers. A separate poll by YouGov for Control AI found that 87% of Britons would back a law requiring AI developers to prove their systems are safe.

The UK government initially planned to introduce a narrowly focused AI bill shortly after taking office targeting large language models. Ministers delayed this bill due to concerns about aligning with the US and avoiding regulations that might deter AI companies from expanding operations.

The UK government initially planned to introduce a narrowly focused AI bill shortly after taking office targeting large language models. Ministers delayed this bill due to concerns about aligning with the US and avoiding regulations that might deter AI companies from expanding operations.

Research shows that 84% of the UK public fear the government will prioritize partnerships with large technology companies over the public interest when regulating AI. Only 9% of Britons said they trust tech CEOs to act in the public interest when discussing AI regulation.

Research shows that 84% of the UK public fear the government will prioritize partnerships with large technology companies over the public interest when regulating AI. Only 9% of Britons said they trust tech CEOs to act in the public interest when discussing AI regulation.

The UK hosted an AI safety summit at Bletchley Park in 2023 that concluded there was potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm from advanced AI systems. The summit established the AI Safety Institute, now called the AI Security Institute, which has become internationally respected.

The UK hosted an AI safety summit at Bletchley Park in 2023 that concluded there was potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm from advanced AI systems. The summit established the AI Safety Institute, now called the AI Security Institute, which has become internationally respected.

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