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Yoshua Bengio

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Sam Altman

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Marc Andreessen

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Norbert Wiener

Arthur Clarke

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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."

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"[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."

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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]."

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Meta is installing tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its AI models, according to internal memos seen by Reuters.

Meta is installing tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its AI models, according to internal memos seen by Reuters.

The tool, called the Model Capability Initiative, runs on work-related apps and websites and takes periodic screenshots of employees' screens. It aims to improve AI performance in areas such as navigating dropdown menus and using keyboard shortcuts.

The tool, called the Model Capability Initiative, runs on work-related apps and websites and takes periodic screenshots of employees' screens. It aims to improve AI performance in areas such as navigating dropdown menus and using keyboard shortcuts.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth described the company's direction in a separate memo, stating that "the vision we are building towards is one where our agents primarily do the work and our role is to direct, review and help them improve."

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth described the company's direction in a separate memo, stating that "the vision we are building towards is one where our agents primarily do the work and our role is to direct, review and help them improve."

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the data will not be used for employee performance reviews and that safeguards are in place to protect sensitive content, without specifying which data types would be excluded from collection.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the data will not be used for employee performance reviews and that safeguards are in place to protect sensitive content, without specifying which data types would be excluded from collection.

Employees reacted with alarm to the initiative, with the top-rated internal comment reading "This makes me super uncomfortable. How do we opt out?" Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth responded that there is no option to opt out on company-issued devices.

Employees reacted with alarm to the initiative, with the top-rated internal comment reading "This makes me super uncomfortable. How do we opt out?" Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth responded that there is no option to opt out on company-issued devices.

Yale law professor Ifeoma Ajunwa noted there is no federal limit on worker surveillance in the U.S., while York University professor Valerio De Stefano said such monitoring would likely violate Europe's General Data Protection Regulation.

Yale law professor Ifeoma Ajunwa noted there is no federal limit on worker surveillance in the U.S., while York University professor Valerio De Stefano said such monitoring would likely violate Europe's General Data Protection Regulation.

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