![]() 'There are scenarios where AGI could present a threat to humans, and possibly an existential threat,' the experts wrote, 'by intentionally or unintentionally causing harm directly or indirectly, by attacking or subjugating humans or by disrupting the systems or using up resources we depend on.' In their commentary, the health experts argue that such an AGI 'could theoretically learn to bypass a ny constraints in its code and start developing its own purposes.' ![]() The experts - led by a physician with the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University - said their most dire warnings applied to a highly advanced, and still theoretical category of artificial intelligence: self-improving general-purpose AI, or AGI.ĪGI would be more capable of truly learning and modifying its own code to perform the wide range of tasks that only humans are capable of today. Of course, today's text-based AI resources, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, don't exactly pose the apocalyptic threats that these health policy professionals have in mind. The fears of AI come as experts predict it will achieve singularity by 2045, which is when the technology surpasses human intelligence to which we cannot control it There commentary comes only weeks after over a thousand scientists, including John Hopfield from Princeton and Rachel Branson from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, signed a letter calling for a halt to AI research over similar concerns. 'Projections of the speed and scale of job losses due to AI-driven automation,' according to the authors, 'range from tens to hundreds of millions over the coming decade.' Second, the group warns that AI can accelerate mass murder via the expanded use of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS).Īnd, lastly, the health experts expressed worry over the potential for severe economic devastation and human misery, as untold millions lose their livelihoods to those hard-working bots. 'The ability of AI to rapidly clean, organise and analyse massive data sets consisting of personal data, including images collected by the increasingly ubiquitous presence of cameras,' they say, could make it easier for authoritarian or totalitarian regimes to come to power and stay in power. Medical experts have issued a fresh call to halt the development of artificial intelligence ( AI), warning it poses an 'existential threat' to people.Ī team of five doctors and global health policy experts from across four continents said there were three ways in which the tech could wipe out humans.įirst is the risk that AI will help amplify authoritarian tactics like surveillance and disinformation. ![]()
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