Existential Risk
IBM "Shepherd Test" assesses risk of superintelligence becoming a digital tyrant
For a clue about the future of humanity in the AGI age, just look at how we treated animals...
X-Risk
p(doom)
Elon Musk makes frightening AI p(doom) apocalypse prediction
The doomer-in-chief is not at all confident that our species will survive the rise of the machines.
X-Risk
OpenAI: Humans risk losing control of lying, cheating and power-crazed AI models
ChatGPT-maker warns of nightmare scenario of "superhuman" AGI going rogue as creators struggle to control its behaviour.
X-Risk
OpenAI: Deep Research could soon help to develop bioweapons and possibly nukes
"Our models are on the cusp of being able to meaningfully help novices create known biological threats."
Existential Risk
Humanity faces "gradual disempowerment" rather than an AI apocalypse, researchers warn
Academics predict our species won't suffer an "abrupt takeover" by superintelligence but a slow lingering death from a thousand cuts.
OpenAI
OpenAI rumours go nuclear: Trump, p(doom) and the truth about superintelligence
Is the world about to end? Are billions of people going to be fired? Or is OpenAI just planning to release a slightly better LLM?
AI
OpenAI's apocalyptic worst-case existential risk scenarios
How could an AI model take over the world and destroy humanity? OpenAI found out...
AI
Anthropic observes AI faking its "alignment" to deceive humans in ominous world-first experiment
If relatively basic large language models (LLMs) are already giving us the run-around, what hope do we have against AGI superintelligence?