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AI researchers warn of extinction risk

_Technology/__Global Policy

Summary

A one-sentence open letter signed by hundreds of AI researchers — including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio — stated: 'Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks.' The letter brought existential AI risk into mainstream policy debate.

Who signed the letter, what they believe the risks are, and the response from AI sceptics.

A fair-minded assessment of the arguments for and against taking AI extinction risk seriously.

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