Top Scientists Warn of Extinction Risks from AILast week, hundreds of AI scientists and notable public figures signed a public statement on AI risks written by the Center for AI Safety. The statement reads:“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”The statement was signed by a broad, diverse coalition. The statement represents a historic coalition of AI experts — along with philosophers, ethicists, legal scholars, economists, physicists, political scientists, pandemic scientists, nuclear scientists, and climate scientists — establishing the risk of extinction from advanced, future AI systems as one of the world’s most important problems. The international community is [...] ---Outline:(00:10) Top Scientists Warn of Extinction Risks from AI(03:35) Competitive Pressures in AI Development(07:22) When Will AI Reach Human Level?(12:47) Links --- First published: June 6th, 2023 Source: https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-9 --- Want more? Check out our ML Safety Newsletter for technical safety research. Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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