by admin | Oct 9, 2023 | extinction, News, Other Tech News, Science, The Conversation
In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction. He put the chances of “existential catastrophe” for our species during the next century at one in six. It’s quite a specific number, and an alarming... by admin | Jul 15, 2023 | AI, ChatGPT, extinction, GPT-4, Internet News, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation
Since the AI chatbot ChatGPT was released in 2020, we’ve been hearing about the threat posed by artificial intelligence. A statement signed by academic experts and tech industry figures even branded AI an “extinction risk”. But whatever you think of such warnings, an...