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Penn professor puts 0.48% odds on AI killing a tenth of humanity by 2030
Original: AI has a 0.48% chance of killing a tenth of humanity by 2030, Penn professor says
A University of Pennsylvania professor estimates artificial intelligence has a 0.48% chance of causing the deaths of a tenth of humanity by 2030. The figure comes from forecasting work on catastrophic AI risk and is drawing attention for putting a precise, small-but-nonzero probability on an extreme scenario within just a few years.
Why now: Estimates of catastrophic AI risk are fueling ongoing public debate about how seriously to take extinction-level warnings.
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- AI has a 0.48% chance of killing a tenth of humanity by 2030, Penn professor says · The Daily Pennsylvanian
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