We Need to Talk About the Existential Risk of AI

AI Has Already Run Us Over the Cliff

Early in his new book These Strange New Minds, Oxford cognitive neuroscience professor and U.K. Google DeepMind AI researcher Chris Summerfield describes a classic cartoon scene in which Wile E. Coyote has just been led over a cliff by Road Runner, his legs churning for solid ground as he briefly hovers above the canyon below, moments from a catastrophic plunge. “I am writing this book because we have just gone over that cliff,” asserts Summerfi…

We need to talk about the existential risk of AI

In his latest column, Jonathan McCrea takes on the AI fear. Just how intelligent will AI become, and should we be worried?

Apple event to put focus on ‘existential risk’ of AI struggles

Apple event to put focus on ‘existential risk’ of AI struggles. Source: Youtube

Apple Event to Put Focus on 'Existential Risk' of AI Struggles

As Apple's annual WWDC developer conference begins with few expected AI announcements, investors worry the company's shortcomings in AI present an existential risk to future growth.