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Leaders from the AI research world appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss and answer questions about the nascent technology. The panel of experts at today's hearing included Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, UC Berkeley's Stuart Russell and longtime AI researcher Yoshua Bengio.

AI technology should be considered as a societal risk comparable to pandemics and nuclear wars, they assert

Artificial intelligence experts from across Big Tech and academia, as well as celebrities and other noteworthy figures, signed an open statement from the Center for AI Safety stating that AI represents an existential threat to humanity.

If machines are allowed to become more intelligent, and so more powerful, than humans, the fundamental question of who will be in control - us or them? - should keep us all awake at night.

AI expert and academic John Tasioulas speaks to OT, on the occasion of the Athens Roundtable: AI and The Rule of Law