AI Survey Exaggerates Apocalyptic Risks

Focus: Bias

Source: Scientific American

Readability: Intermediate

Type: Website Article

Open Source: Yes

External URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-survey-exaggerates-apocalyptic-risks/

Keywords: N/A

Learn Tags: AI and Machine Learning Bias Ethics

Summary: A speculative survey posted on arXiv in early January posited that the majority of researchers they interviewed believed that there's a 5 percent chance AI could wipe out humanity. But the survey may have been biased toward an alarmist perspective.