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Artificial Intelligenceâespecially Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), an AI system capable of understanding, learning, and making decisions with human-like awareness and autonomyâposes an existential threat to humanity, not only in terms of replacing humans on the job but in a possible SkyNet-like scenario in which robots choose their own targets and decide to start killing us. Thatâs not sci-fi paranoia. A Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer warned of a 10-20% chance of human extinction from AI within decades. Tech leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Wozniak, have sounded the alarm, estimating a 20% chance of AI-driven âannihilationâ and asked Congress to regulate the industry. If the history of disruptive innovations like cigarettes, automatic weapons, automobiles, nuclear weapons, and drones serves as any guide, however, we probably wonât act until itâs too late.
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(C) 2025 Ted Rall, Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication
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