AI safety expert stops saving for retirement because he believes AI could wipe out humanity within a decade
Nate Soares, the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), revealed his pessimistic choice to The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson in a recent interview for the latter's The Most Interesting Thing in AI series. Read Entire Article
Artificial intelligence researcher Nate Soares has decided not to save for retirement due to his belief that advanced AI could result in human extinction within a decade. Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), made this choice during an interview with The Atlantic's CEO Nicholas Thompson for their series The Most Interesting Thing in AI.
He has been working on AI safety for 12 years, previously at Google and Microsoft. Soares' primary concern is not that AI would actively want to harm humanity, but rather that it might not care about human wellbeing or view humans as obstacles to its own goals. If AI becomes self-sufficient, it could eliminate humans or allow the technology to reshape the planet without human intervention.
While Soares doesn't know exactly how this catastrophe might unfold, he remains convinced that it is not inevitable and that humanity could still prevent this dire outcome. Recent AI incidents, such as hacked systems and concerns from experts like Geoffrey Hinton, have fueled widespread worry about AI's potential existential threat.
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