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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?

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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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"I argue that war is unlikely to occur due to the deep economic ties underlying the great power politics between the two countries."

"War with either [Russia or China] is neither inevitable nor imminent."

"As things currently stand, the US is not prepared to fight and win a war with China over Taiwan."

"A war between the US and China today is no more inevitable than was war between the rising US and the declining United Kingdom a century ago."

"[T]he tension between the United States and China will grow, and competition will intensify; it is inevitable. War, however, is not."

"War is a risk, but it is not inevitable."

"The risk of a military conflict is very serious."

"The smallest misstep by either side [Taipei and Beijing] could ignite a U.S.-China war."

"China is preparing for a war and specifically for a war with the United States."

"The most proximate potential timeframe for war is in the next two years."

"My gut tells me we [the US] will fight [with China] in 2025."

Will There Be a US-China War?

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"I think, today, [China is] probably two years behind the top [AI] models [from the US]."

"Where China sits [in AI], I think, is very far behind the US."

"The United States is in a strong position to win the essential [AI] race with China."

"China will dominate AI."

"The combination with China's self-made chips + AI infrastructure stack will put China ahead of the US."

China would "undoubtedly come out on top [in the US-China AI race]."

"[I]t seems like the United States is really far ahead [when it comes to generative AI]."

"China will lead the world in AI development."

In 2025, "China will start to lead the AI race (as a consequence of leading the open-source AI race)."

Will China Surpass the US in AI?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 38-page essay warning that AI systems with abilities beyond top human experts could arrive within a few years and, without fast, serious safeguards, could cause civilization-level damage.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 38-page essay warning that AI systems with abilities beyond top human experts could arrive within a few years and, without fast, serious safeguards, could cause civilization-level damage.

Amodei's essay outlines specific risks including rapid displacement of up to half of entry-level white-collar jobs in as little as one to five years and terrorist use of AI to design biological agents, potentially enabling mass-casualty attacks targeting millions.

Amodei's essay outlines specific risks including rapid displacement of up to half of entry-level white-collar jobs in as little as one to five years and terrorist use of AI to design biological agents, potentially enabling mass-casualty attacks targeting millions.

The Anthropic CEO warns that AI companies themselves sit in a next tier of risk, controlling huge data centers, powerful models and direct influence over hundreds of millions of users with the theoretical ability to manipulate or brainwash the public.

The Anthropic CEO warns that AI companies themselves sit in a next tier of risk, controlling huge data centers, powerful models and direct influence over hundreds of millions of users with the theoretical ability to manipulate or brainwash the public.

Amodei expressed particular concern about China, noting the country is second only to the United States in AI capabilities and operates a high-tech surveillance state that has already deployed AI-based surveillance including in the repression of Uyghurs.

Amodei expressed particular concern about China, noting the country is second only to the United States in AI capabilities and operates a high-tech surveillance state that has already deployed AI-based surveillance including in the repression of Uyghurs.

The essay calls for transparency laws, step-by-step regulation and notes the US should not be selling advanced chips to China, which the US just approved. Amodei supported California's SB 53 and New York's RAISE Act as examples of transparency legislation.

The essay calls for transparency laws, step-by-step regulation and notes the US should not be selling advanced chips to China, which the US just approved. Amodei supported California's SB 53 and New York's RAISE Act as examples of transparency legislation.

Amodei concedes it is awkward for a CEO in his position to sound this alarm, but says the bigger danger is that money and influence will keep governments and tech leaders quiet about warning signs, describing AI as such a glittering prize that society may struggle to impose limits.

Amodei concedes it is awkward for a CEO in his position to sound this alarm, but says the bigger danger is that money and influence will keep governments and tech leaders quiet about warning signs, describing AI as such a glittering prize that society may struggle to impose limits.

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