Consciousness
The existential threat from AI – and from humans misusing it | Letters
Letters: Roger Haines writes that there is no evidence of AI sentience, while Prof Paul Huxley recalls Asimov’s laws of robotics, and Phyl Hyde says fears of AI are being overblown
02, Jun, 2023 @4:16 PM
UK should play leading role on global AI guidelines, Sunak to tell Biden
PM wants to see UK take key part in creating international agreement on how to develop AI capabilities
Kiran Stacey
31, May, 2023 @2:52 PM
The future of AI is chilling – humans have to act together to overcome this threat to civilisation | Jonathan Freedland
The challenge seems daunting. But we have overcome terrifying dangers before, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland
26, May, 2023 @4:37 PM
OpenAI leaders call for regulation to prevent AI destroying humanity
Team behind ChatGPT say equivalent of atomic watchdog is needed to guard against risks of ‘superintelligent’ AIs
Alex Hern UK technology editor
24, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Is The Creator the first (or last) in a new wave of sci-fi movies about AI?
The trailer for Gareth Edwards’ new film shows humanity being outsmarted by AI – and is released just as our overlords-to-be are rearing their terrifying heads
Ben Child
19, May, 2023 @3:13 PM
UK will lead on ‘guard rails’ to limit dangers of AI, says Rishi Sunak
PM sounds a more cautious note after calls from tech experts and business leaders for moratorium
Rowena Mason in Hiroshima
18, May, 2023 @9:00 PM
The apocalypse isn’t coming. We must resist cynicism and fear about AI | Stephen Marche
Remember when WeWork would kill commercial real estate? Crypto would abolish banks? The metaverse would end meeting people in real life?
Stephen Marche
15, May, 2023 @8:06 AM
Ministers not doing enough to control AI, says UK professor
Stuart Russell, former government adviser, says ChatGPT could become part of super-intelligent machine that can’t be constrained
Harry Taylor
13, May, 2023 @11:45 AM
We need AI to help us face the challenges of the future | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Naomi Klein’s article that argued it is delusional to believe AI machines will benefit humanity
12, May, 2023 @3:55 PM
TechScape: AI is feared to be apocalyptic or touted as world-changing – maybe it’s neither
Too much discourse focuses on whether AIs are the end of society or the end of human suffering – I’m more interested in the middle ground
Alex Hern
09, May, 2023 @10:56 AM
‘A race it might be impossible to stop’: how worried should we be about AI?
Scientists are warning machine learning will soon outsmart humans – maybe it’s time for us to take note
John Naughton
07, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Rise of artificial intelligence is inevitable but should not be feared, ‘father of AI’ says
Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people
Josh Taylor
07, May, 2023 @12:00 AM
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