Quote: AI benefits and risks for humanity

The potential for AI and robotics to free humanity from menial repetitive work and to dramatically increase the production of goods and services could presage an era of peace and plenty.
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The capacity to accelerate scientific research could result in cures for disease and solutions for climate change and resource shortages.
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Some of these are already apparent, while others seem likely based on current trends including lethal autonomous weapons…surveillance and persuasion…biased decision making…
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Success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. But it could also be the last –unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
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Long before we have an opportunity to ‘solve AI,’ however, we will incur risks from the misuse of AI, inadvertent or otherwise.
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