Simone Rotella
IN A , press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn’t suppress her laughter at the question: Is it “crazy” to worry that “literally everyone on Earth will die” due to artificial intelligence? Unfortunately, the answer is no.
While AI pioneers such as Alan Turing cautioned that we should expect , many contemporary researchers downplay this concern. In an era of unprecedented growth in AI abilities, why aren’t more experts weighing in?
Before the deep-learning revolution in 2012, I didn’t think human-level AI would emerge in my lifetime. I was familiar with arguments that AI systems…



