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Andrew Ng dismisses AI extinction fears as 'science fiction'

The AI pioneer says warnings of existential AI risk are overblown and may be intended to shape regulation.

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What to know

  • Andrew Ng calls renewed AI extinction warnings from researchers at top model makers "science fiction" rather than science.
  • He warns that broadly slowing AI development could also slow progress on safety research.
  • He suggests the latest wave of extinction warnings may be intended to influence upcoming AI regulation.

“science fiction”

Andrew Ng, AI pioneer · Bloomberg ↗ · Sep 16

Andrew NgAndrew Ng AI pioneer, entrepreneurEd Ludlow Bloomberg Tech anchor

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    Ng frames extinction warnings as a regulatory PR push

    Bloomberg's fuller writeup adds that Ng characterized the renewed wave of existential-risk warnings from researchers at top model makers as a "wave of PR" likely intended to influence forthcoming AI regulation.

    “wave of PR…”
    — Andrew Ng
    1. 1 outlet Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are “much more science fiction than science” and the latest “wave of PR” is probably intended to shape regulation

      first by Bloomberg, 8d ago

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    Andrew Ng calls AI extinction fears 'science fiction'

    In an interview with Ed Ludlow on Bloomberg Tech, Ng dismissed warnings that increasingly powerful AI models could pose an existential threat, arguing that testing, safeguards, and engineering can make systems safer over time even though they will never be perfectly predictable. He also warned that broadly slowing AI development could slow progress on safety.

    “much more science fiction than science…”
    — Andrew Ng

    1. 1 outlet first by Bloomberg Tech, 9d ago · read ↗