What are the risks posed by AI?
Artificial intelligence is not new, and nor is anxiety about its power. It is more than 25 years since IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov — and the sophistication and capabilities of AI have increased ever since.
But recent leaps forward in AI have heightened alarm among technologists and jolted regulators around the world into action. They fear that AI could wipe out masses of jobs and reshape society if it continues to develop on its current trajectory.
The surge in interest in — and fears over — the technology can be traced back to the launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI in November last year. Within two months, 100mn people were using the chatbot — the fastest adoption of a new consumer application ever.
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