Top artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics experts from around the world have warned the United Nations about the potentially disastrous consequences of the international race to develop weapons controlled by autonomous computer programs.
A total of 116 company founders signed a brief yet chilling letter to the United Nations on Monday, Aug. 21, cautioning that, once developed, AI weapons “will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend.”
“We do not have long to act,” the group wrote. “Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will be hard to close.
“We therefore implore the High Contracting Parties to find a way to protect us all from these dangers.”
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