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There’s a Two-Thirds Chance that AI Will Lead to Human Extinction, But It Will be a Fun Ride

Financial Times

The premise of the Terminator film series involved an AI-driven weapons system named Skynet that decides that the survival of Earth requires the extinction of the special Homo sapiens. Modern AI experts are clear: this isn’t a crazy premise. Not in…