US senator Bernie Sanders warns AI can wipe out humanity
US Senator Bernie Sanders warns that AI poses an existential threat to humanity, citing a 10-20% chance of wipeout according to Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning AI scientist. Sanders has introduced legislation to ban AI datacentres until safeguards are set up.
Bernie Sanders, a US Senator, has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) poses an existential threat to humanity. He cited Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist known as the godfather of AI, who believes there's a 10-20% chance AI wipes out humanity. Sanders referenced a 2023 open letter signed by over 1,000 AI experts, including Elon Musk, questioning whether humanity should allow machines to outnumber and replace humans. Sanders noted that despite these warnings, no progress has been made politically, with no pause in AI development or international agreement on the issue. He has spent months investigating the real-world problems caused by AI, including job losses and damage to children's mental development. Sanders plans to invite top AI researchers to testify before Congress and has introduced legislation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ban AI datacentres until safeguards are established.
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