President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that the technology is becoming too hard to control and could kill all humans, saying his paramount interest is maintaining an edge over China.
Asked by reporters Thursday upon departing Dallas if he has any concerns about AI leading to human extinction, Trump said, “No, I don’t have any.”
President Donald Trump speaking at the Republican convention this week.AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” the president said.
“We are leading China right now by a pretty good period. I would say a year, which is, you know, considered a lot.”
AI safety concerns were thrust into the centre of the national conversation this week when a researcher resigned from Anthropic PBC and called on others to rethink their work, saying that the company and its main rival OpenAI are acting irresponsibly with technology that poses an existential threat to humans.
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