A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
Researchers warn that advanced AI could potentially threaten humanity through scenarios like engineered diseases, nuclear war, or extreme resource consumption.
Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes
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