Artificial intelligence should be treated as a new species with alien values that humans may not be able to control, a research scientist insists.
In the latest alarm about the rapidly advancing technology, whistleblower Josh Engels says AI has the potential to pose ‘very large risks to humanity’.
He has quit Google DeepMind’s safety team to join a non-profit organisation, METR, that is looking into the threat posed by AI.
He warned on Sunday: ‘I think in some ways it’s better to think of it not as a technology but as a second species that we are almost giving birth to. And think
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