Former DeepMind Researcher Warns "AI Could Kill Us"

An artificial intelligence (AI) researcher who recently left Google DeepMind has warned, "I genuinely believe AI has the potential to kill us."

Bilal Chugtai, a former Google DeepMind researcher, posted on X on the 14th, writing, "At Google, I witnessed AI development. I, too, am extremely concerned about the fundamental direction of this technology."

He introduced himself as having worked on AGI safety and alignment research.

Alignment involves work related to ensuring that AI models refuse behaviors that pose a threat to humans.

Earlier this month, Jacob Coxon, an AI developer at Anthropic, resigned and criticized Anthropic and OpenAI, saying, "They are gambling with our lives" and "racing toward superintelligent AI."

He stated, "Many of the most aggressive scenarios are heading toward reality," adding, "By the end of next year, the situation could already spiral out of control."

Following this, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a statement urging a slowdown in AI development, with OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX AI's Elon Musk expressing support, heating up the debate over slowing down AI development in both the AI industry and political circles.
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