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OpenAI board member: "You will probably die from an AI accident"

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From Fast Company, November 13:

OpenAI board member makes a terrifying prediction: You will probably die from an AI accident
It comes as anxieties around an artificial intelligence doomsday have been ramping up for months.

Anxieties around an AI doomsday have been ramping up for months, and executives at top AI companies have done little to ease those worries. OpenAI’s Sam Altman said humanity could lose control of the technology. Anthropic warned that its models could be abused to create chemical weapons.

But no AI leaders have looked people dead in the eye and said they specifically are going to be killed by artificial intelligence—until now.

Enter Paul Christiano, an OpenAI board member serving on its Safety and Security Committee. Earlier this week while speaking at the AI Safety Foundation’s annual Hinton Lectures, Christiano said he believes an AI takeover is imminent and that it spells certain doom for the human race.

“For most people in this room, the most likely reason they will die is because of an AI accident,” Christiano told the crowd....

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