‘Extinction risk’: Could AI wipe out humans via software backdoors?

Industry luminaries are warning of near-imminent doom unless AI is tamed. Given that today’s generative AI models are writing semi-decent code, shouldn’t we worry we’re preparing the ground for Skynet?

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Generative, schmenerative

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