Study: AI could kill all humans within 10 years
Technology experts are warning that Kenya and other nations are unprepared for the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. Researchers suggest that AI could pose existential risks to humanity, prompting calls for stronger accountability and regulatory frameworks.
Why it matters
This reflects the growing global debate regarding the existential risks of AI and the disparity in preparedness between developed and developing nations.
Technology experts have warned that Kenya is unprepared to handle harms that may be caused by artificial intelligence after a top safety researcher said AI is advancing so quickly there is a greater than 10 per cent chance it "could kill all humans" within the next decade.
Evan Hubinger, a safety researcher at the US AI firm Anthropic, warned in a widely shared post on X that the risk from the models which currently exist was "low", but he was "worried" the technology might develop and improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.
He did not spell out how he thought AI systems could in the future result in humans being wiped out.
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