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AI could lead to human extinction, says report commissioned by US State Department


We asked AI experts to weigh in on Gladstone's report that detailed "catastrophic risks" associated with AI.

The 284-page report came out on Monday and it detailed some of the "catastrophic risks" associated with artificial general intelligence, a yet-to-be-achieved level of AI which Gladstone defined as a system that can "outperform humans across a broad range of economic and strategic domains." Various other figures, including FTC chair Lina Khan and early OpenAI cofounder Elon Musk, stated similar beliefs that AI will lead to an existential threat. Lorenzo Thione, an AI investor and managing director at Gaingels, a venture investment group, told BI that he disagrees with the "alarmist" logic in the report.

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