Former Google DeepMind Researcher Says AI Could Kill All of Humanity
Summary
- Former Google DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai warned that the current path of AI development could pose a serious threat to humanity if it continues.
- Jacob Coxon criticized AI companies, saying they are gambling with our lives through the race to develop superintelligent AI.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the pace of advanced AI development should slow to reduce the risk of it escaping human control, and Sam Altman and Elon Musk also said they agree.
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A researcher who recently left Google DeepMind after working on artificial intelligence safety warned that the current course of AI development could become a serious threat to humanity.
Former Google DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai wrote on X and LinkedIn on Sept. 14 that he had witnessed AI development firsthand at Google and was deeply concerned about the direction the technology is taking, Bloomberg reported. “I sincerely believe AI has the potential to kill us all,” he wrote.
Chughtai, who researched AI safety and alignment at DeepMind, said there is still a chance to develop AI safely. He now works on AI safety at nonprofit BlueDot Impact.
Warnings about advanced model development have been mounting across the AI industry. Earlier in September, Jacob Coxon, who had worked at Anthropic and OpenAI, criticized AI companies as he left his job, saying they were “gambling with our lives” in the race to build superintelligent AI.
Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei also argued over the weekend that development should slow to reduce the risk of advanced AI slipping beyond human control. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Elon Musk have also voiced agreement with Amodei’s concerns.
