AI Extinction Fears Are ‘Science Fiction’: Andrew Ng

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AI pioneer Andrew Ng is pushing back against renewed warnings that increasingly powerful models could pose an existential threat to humanity, calling those fears “much more science fiction than science.” He argues that AI systems will never be perfectly predictable, but that testing, safeguards, and engineering, can make them safer over time. He also warns that broadly slowing AI development could also slow progress…

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1. 17:48
   First appeared on Bloomberg TechnologyBBloomberg Technology
2. 18:11
   Discussion started on Hacker NewsHHacker News

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