Even the cleverest, most cunning artificial intelligence algorithm will presumably have to obey the laws of silicon. Its capabilities will be constrained by the hardware that it’s running on. Some researchers are exploring ways to exploit that connection to limit the potential of AI systems to cause harm. The idea is to encode rules governing … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The world remains the closest it has ever been to the symbolic hour of the apocalypse, with the Doomsday Clock set once again to 90 seconds to “midnight” for 2024. Wars in the Middle East, Ukraine, a spiraling climate crisis and the rise of artificial intelligence are … Read more
A panel of international scientists on Tuesday kept the ominous Doomsday Clock set to 90 seconds to midnight, warning that humanity is as close as ever to destruction due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, and the threat of artificial intelligence. The timing of the clock, maintained by the Bulletin of the … Read more
By Gram Slattery, Simon Lewis, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump in a second term would likely install loyalists in key positions in the Pentagon, State Department and CIA whose primary allegiance would be to him, allowing him more freedom than in his first presidency to enact isolationist policies and whims, … Read more
By Valerie Insinna and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force has eliminated Boeing from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch, Boeing confirmed on Friday, shaking up the battle to build the next version of the aircraft known as the “Doomsday Plane” due to its ability to survive a … Read more
Image: Netflix It’s never good when your TV stops working—for many reasons, some of which Netflix itself could quickly rattle off. But it’s really never good when the forces of nature around you start acting very oddly, as we see in this new clip from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail’s new Netflix film, Leave the … Read more
The Kenyan preacher of a doomsday cult who was arrested after more than 400 bodies were found in mass graves on his property has been convicted of operating a studio and distributing films without a license ByEMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press November 10, 2023, 12:40 PM FILE – Cult preacher Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of the … Read more
This March, practically 35,000 AI researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and anxious residents signed an open letter from the nonprofit Way forward for Life Institute that known as for a “pause” on AI improvement, as a result of dangers to humanity revealed within the capabilities of packages akin to ChatGPT. “Modern AI methods at the moment are … Read more