The AI doomers feel undeterred:
But they certainly wish people were still taking their warnings really seriously.
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AI Skeptics Persist Amid Setbacks and Policy ChallengesDespite GPT-5's mixed reception, AI safety advocates warn of existential risks and call for stronger regulation within the next 20 years.
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- A small but influential group of researchers and policymakers considers AI a potential existential threat, anticipating progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI).
- Although recent events like GPT-5's underwhelming launch and fears of an AI bubble have challenged their stance, these advocates remain committed to urgent AI safety efforts.
- Experts report extended timelines for AGI arrival while maintaining concerns about its dangers and criticizing inadequate and sometimes misleading policy responses.
- Prominent figures including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio continue to urge robust regulation and highlight the importance of addressing AI risks despite shifting timeframes.
If someone said there’s a four-mile-diameter asteroid that’s going to hit the Earth in 2067, we wouldn’t say, 'Remind me in 2066 and we’ll think about it.'— Stuart Russell, distinguished professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, discussing the urgency of addressing the risks of superintelligence.
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