AGI stands for artificial general intelligence, which is a theoretical form of AI as capable or more capable than humans.
By Kevin Collier
Reporter
NBC News
Many of the biggest names in artificial intelligence have signed a short statement warning that their technology could spell the end of the human race.
Published Tuesday, the full statement states: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
The statement was posted to the website of the Center for AI Safety, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization. It’s signed by almost 400 people, including some of the biggest names in the field — Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, as well as top AI executives from Google and Microsoft and 200 academics.
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