Artificial Intelligence Could Pose Existential Threat to Humanity: Australian MP

MP uses ChatGPT to write portion of speech

Cutting edge applications of Artificial Intelligence on display at the Artificial Intelligence Pavilion of Zhangjiang Future Park during a state organized media tour in Shanghai on June 18, 2021. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images

The risks around artificial intelligence must be thoroughly investigated as it could pose an existential threat to human life, says one Australian MP.

In a speech in Parliament on Feb. 6, Labor MP Julian Hill said ChatGPT had the potential to revolutionise the world but warned that if AI were to surpass human intelligence, it could cause significant damage.