No, the Experts Don't Think Superintelligent AI is a Threat to Humanity
An essay by Oren Etzioni, MIT Technology Review, dated 20 September 2016. Date in the article address (technologyreview.com/2016/09/20/…).
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- No, the Experts Don't Think Superintelligent AI is a Threat to Humanity MIT Technology Review (online) · published 2016-09-20 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 cf01b13cce2584274b6434932336bf000d9861ca76016d78d45f5fffb4183c77). Current online article; the page also carries a later response by Etzioni to Dafoe and Russell, not quoted here.
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- Yes, We Are Worried About the Existential Risk of Artificial IntelligenceDafoe and Russell's essay of 2 November 2016 answers Etzioni's essay of 20 September 2016, which it names.2016-11-02 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Dafoe and Russell, MIT Technology Review (2016): document page →
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- Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiableEtzioni's essay of 20 September 2016 argues that risk assessment is a data-driven exercise, reports a survey of AAAI Fellows in which most placed superintelligence beyond the foreseeable horizon, and states that predictions of superintelligence on that horizon are not supported by the available data.2016-09-20 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiable: propositions page →
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