Computing pioneers profoundly disagree on AI risk

Mingling with young researchers last month in Germany, luminaries in computer science debated AI’s potential impact on the future of humanity. HEIDELBERG, Germany—There are few higher educational institutions in this world that are older—and, some argue, more esteemed—than Germany’s Heidelberg University. But there aren’t any others that host an annual gathering of the most celebrated mathematicians and computer scientists of their generations.

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