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>> are we being smart about artificial intelligence? hundreds of ooh experts out with a warning that the technology could lead to human extinction. we'll speak to one of those experts next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. how far we take an idea is a a question of willpower. because progress... is a matter of character. this man needs updated covid protection. so does she. yup, these guys too.
The professors who are study artificial intelligence were starting to get very concerned about the risks given the rapid developments in recent months. but it wasn't the case that people were open about this, so we created it so that people could sort of come out and express that they are, in fact, now concerned that we're on a trajectory where advanced ooh systems could pose larger risks like extinction and that this should be a priority in the way we treat nuclear weapons and pandemics. >> how would this work? how would ooh make the leap to some kind of trlg that would lead to human extincti...
The latest warning by AI experts is bound to create alarm, so its authors should be more specific and clarify their concerns.
It can go quite wrong, and we want to be vocal about that. >> that was open ai ceo sam altman warning against artificial intelligence. altman is the founder of chatgpt among 400 scientists, journalists and policy makers signed a letter that reads in full, quote, mitigating the risk of extinction from ai should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war. joining me is one of the god fathers of ai, institute founder and scientific director yoshi benjio, who won a share of the turing award. thank you very much for being here with us. >> thanks for ...
You can see more on that story on the bbc iplayer in the film ukraine: the missing children. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror reports itv executives are set to face questions from mps over what they knew and when about this morning presenter phillip schofield's affair with a younger male colleague. feminist academic professor kathleen stock is pictured on the front of the times, arriving for a talk at oxford university with bodyguards whilst trans—rights protestors gathered outside. she said she was very determined for the torque to go ahead despite the protest. the i newspape...