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This report examines what I see as the core argument for concern about existential risk from misaligned artificial intelligence. I proceed in two stages. First, I lay out a backdrop picture that informs such concern. On this picture,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Joseph Carlsmith

Artificial Intelligence (AI) achieved super-human performance in a broad variety of domains. We say that an AI is made Artificially Stupid on a task when some limitations are deliberately introduced to match a human's ability to do the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Michaël Trazzi , Roman V. Yampolskiy

This paper is an analysis of the different methods proposed to achieve AGI, including Human Brain Emulation, AIXI and Integrated Cognitive Architecture. First, the definition of AGI as used in this paper has been defined, and its…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Soumil Rathi

Dreams of machines rivaling human intelligence have shaped the field of AI since its inception. Yet, the very meaning of human-level AI or artificial general intelligence (AGI) remains elusive and contested. Definitions of AGI embrace a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Borhane Blili-Hamelin , Leif Hancox-Li , Andrew Smart

Concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential existential risks have garnered significant attention, with figures like Geoffrey Hinton and Dennis Hassabis advocating for robust safeguards against catastrophic outcomes.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Torben Swoboda , Risto Uuk , Lode Lauwaert , Andrew P. Rebera , Ann-Katrien Oimann , Bartlomiej Chomanski , Carina Prunkl

The issues of AI risk and AI safety are becoming critical as the prospect of artificial general intelligence (AGI) looms larger. The emergence of extremely large and capable generative models has led to alarming predictions and created a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Ali A. Minai

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is promoted by technology leaders and investors as a system capable of performing all human intellectual tasks, and potentially surpassing them. Despite its vague definition and uncertain feasibility,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves

The United States and China will play an important role in navigating safety and security challenges relating to advanced artificial intelligence. We sought to better understand how experts in each country describe safety and security…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Akash Wasil , Tim Durgin

A number of leading AI companies, including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic, have the stated goal of building artificial general intelligence (AGI) - AI systems that achieve or exceed human performance across a wide range of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Jonas Schuett , Noemi Dreksler , Markus Anderljung , David McCaffary , Lennart Heim , Emma Bluemke , Ben Garfinkel

Amid growing concerns over AI's societal risks--ranging from civilizational collapse to misinformation and systemic bias--this study explores the perceptions of AI experts and the general US registered voters on the likelihood and impact of…

The construction of artificial general intelligence (AGI) was a long-term goal of AI research aiming to deal with the complex data in the real world and make reasonable judgments in various cases like a human. However, the current AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-23 Xin Su , Shangqi Guo , Feng Chen

Globally, artificial intelligence (AI) implementation is growing, holding the capability to fundamentally alter organisational processes and decision making. Simultaneously, this brings a multitude of emergent risks to organisations,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Finlay McGee

An artificial superintelligence (ASI) is artificial intelligence that is significantly more intelligent than humans in all respects. While ASI does not currently exist, some scholars propose that it could be created sometime in the future,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-07-27 Anthony M. Barrett , Seth D. Baum

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a widely popular technology that will have a profound impact on society and individuals. Less than a decade ago, it was thought that creative work would be among the last to be automated - yet…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Jonas Oppenlaender , Johanna Silvennoinen , Ville Paananen , Aku Visuri

Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, Generative AI has been a focal point for concerns about AI's perceived existential risk. Once a niche topic in AI research and philosophy, AI safety and existential risk has now entered mainstream debate…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Lynette Webb

While artificial intelligence (AI) holds enormous promise, many experts in the field are warning that there is a non-trivial chance that the development of AI poses an existential threat to humanity. Existing regulatory initiative do not…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Bryan Druzin , Anatole Boute , Michael Ramsden

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) has gained global recognition as a future technology due to the emergence of breakthrough large language models and chatbots such as GPT-4 and ChatGPT, respectively. Compared to conventional AI models,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Ehsan Latif , Gengchen Mai , Matthew Nyaaba , Xuansheng Wu , Ninghao Liu , Guoyu Lu , Sheng Li , Tianming Liu , Xiaoming Zhai

Recent AI progress has outpaced expectations, with some experts now predicting AI that matches or exceeds human capabilities in all cognitive areas (AGI) could emerge this decade, potentially posing grave national and global security…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse

Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn attention to the technology's transformative potential, including what some see as its prospects for causing large-scale harm. We review two influential arguments purporting to show…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Adam Bales , William D'Alessandro , Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini

AI that can accelerate research could drive a century of technological progress over just a few years. During such a period, new technological or political developments will raise consequential and hard-to-reverse decisions, in rapid…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-19 William MacAskill , Fin Moorhouse