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Will AI Cause Human Extinction Within 10 Years? We Asked AI

Newsweek asked several well-known AI assistants whether they think the technology could cause human extinction within the decade.

  • AI researchers warn AI could pose existential risk within 10 years
  • Newsweek asks Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and ChatGPT about AI extinction probability
  • ChatGPT estimates 5% chance, Copilot estimates less than 1%

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AI Hallucinations Are Not a Bug, They're a Feature

One of the most common complaints or criticisms about AI is perhaps its tendency to hallucinate. In AI terminology, a hallucination occurs when a chatbot generates information that is false or…

  • AI hallucinations are not bugs, but features.
  • Hallucinations occur due to statistical pattern learning in AI models.
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and SAFi can reduce hallucinations.

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AI Is at a Turning Point

"Recent cybersecurity incidents have given us a real-world preview of what it looks like to lose control of AI," warns Yoshua Bengio.

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