Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. Register now Going live on Tuesday, September 15 at 16:00 BST / 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST Speakers: Niall Firth, executive editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins, AI reporter Related Stories Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what? The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?
Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will…
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- Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity
- Are they right
- Or is this more scaremongering and hype
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