Nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI), including the development of bioweapons, are among the threats that could potentially lead to human extinction by 2100, according to a report called The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health, released by the general medical journal. The report identifies the weaponisation of…
Jeff Bezos has offered an optimistic view of AI’s economic impact, arguing that major productivity gains could allow some households to rely on one income or work fewer days. Speaking to Fox News, he also discussed the US-China lunar race, Blue Origin’s plans and the future of space-based infrastructure. Jeff Bezos believes the biggest consequence…
Last February, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck an Iranian elementary school, killing more than 150 people, most of them children. President Trump initially suggested that it could have been somebody else’s Tomahawk: “Whether it’s Iran or somebody else, the fact that a Tomahawk – a Tomahawk is very generic, it’s sold to other countries, but…
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran would eventually give up, although he stopped short of predicting when, during remarks at a White House event attended by leading technology executives. Asked whether Iran was about to concede, Trump replied: “Well, they’re doing very poorly. I don’t know if they’re going to give up yet,…
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Monday said concerns that artificial intelligence could destroy the world are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, in an apparent rebuke of US President Donald Trump. The first US pope, who has warned of the dangers of AI throughout his 16-month papacy,…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, leaders of rival nations in a race to dominate artificial intelligence, are expected to meet this week against a backdrop of rising concerns about the threats that rogue AI could pose to humanity. The hopes for finding common ground on concerns around global AI safety are…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. “If they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots,” Ted Cruz told Politico in early September. It was the most concise version of the…