- Controversial AI theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky predicts mass extinction event from advanced AI development.
- Concern over AI's potential for harm gains traction among CEOs in the AI industry.
- Calls for regulation and pause in training of advanced AI systems due to the rapid rise of generative AI.
- Skeptics argue that focusing on doomsday scenarios distracts from present-day AI issues.
- AI doomsday predictions continue a historic trend of fear and uncertainty around transformative technologies.
AI Doomsday Scenarios Are Gaining Traction in Silicon Valley
Critics say focusing on extinction fears deflect from AI’s real harms.
Nate Lanxon
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