"Mitigating the risk of extinction by AI should be a priority along with other risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," even those responsible for this technology indicate. The note was published on the website of the Center for AI Security, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco.
The statement comes two months after another group of technology and AI leaders, including Tesla owner Elon Musk, signed a petition calling for a "pause" in all large-scale AI research open to the public.