Humanity has always lived with risk, but for most of history those dangers were local, temporary, and survivable. What has changed is that our technology, our numbers, and our impact on the planet now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for years now, and you've probably read about its potential to revolutionize ...

Pandemics and nuclear war are real, tangible concerns, more so than AI doom, at least to me, a scientist at the RAND Corporation. We do all kinds of research on national security issues and might be ...

Nobel Prize Winner and ‘godfather’ of artificial intelligence Geoffrey Hinton warns if AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could unfold and lead to human ...

My fellow pro-growth Up Wingers, I just ran across a new academic paper that serves as a good reminder: Despite all the calm, cautious talk from AI worriers about “pauses, “ “safety,” “governance,” ...

Unchecked AI development could lead to human extinction, highlighting urgent need for regulation and awareness.

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, OK, here it is: Advanced AI might destroy the world. Let’s just put that out there. It probably won’t happen, of course. Still, experts and ...

Constantly improving AI would create a positive feedback loop: an intelligence explosion. We would be no match for it.

A new book about AI has a provocative title: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argue that the development of artificial ...