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AI existential risks are unlikely but immediate threats are serious, experts say

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Experts in fields like chemistry and biology find doomsday scenarios involving AI to be unlikely due to the inherent difficulties in executing such plans. However, they acknowledge that AI-driven extinction threats cannot be entirely dismissed. The focus on existential risk may divert attention from more immediate concerns, such as AI systems causing widespread financial theft, election interference, or critical infrastructure disruption, even if not leading to human extinction. AI

IMPACT Highlights the debate around AI's potential dangers, distinguishing between unlikely existential threats and more probable immediate risks like disinformation and infrastructure attacks.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing AI risks from subject-matter experts.

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AI existential risks are unlikely but immediate threats are serious, experts say

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Poking holes in these doomsday narratives is easy. Subject-area experts in fields such as chemistry, biology, and national security are quick to point out how

    "Poking holes in these doomsday narratives is easy. Subject-area experts in fields such as chemistry, biology, and national security are quick to point out how difficult it is to, say, successfully manufacture and distribute a bioweapon or overcome layers of human safeguards desi…

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