AI has much to offer humanity. It could also wreak terrible harm. It must be controlled | Stuart Russell
GuardianApr 02, 2023
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council will hold its first-ever meeting to discuss the potential threats that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to global peace and security.
The development comes after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last month called for the creation of an international AI watchdog to take the warnings of generative AI being "an existential threat to humanity" seriously.
AI systems with abilities exceeding the limits of human capacity are on the horizon. If done at the right pace and with the right regulation, they could offer unprecedented solutions to humanity — but they could also destroy humanity unless governments stop the dangerous AI development race between Big Tech.
Artificial intelligence experts continue to overblow the technology's risk and engage in unrealistic fear-mongering. Although current technology is impressive, artificial general intelligence — the true concern — is still a long way off. By consistently releasing warnings about its far-fetched consequences, tech experts ignore the economic benefits AI promises.
There's an 85% chance that we will see an event precipitated by AI malfunction that causes at least 100 deaths and/or at least $1B 2021 USD in economic damage before 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.