At the Web Summit in Lisbon last month, MIT physicist Max Tegmark delivered a wake-up call about the breakneck speed of artificial intelligence. Speaking with RAZOR's Neil Cairns, he warned that today's AI is just the beginning 📈.
While current AI tools excel at narrow tasks—like chatbots or image generators—researchers are racing toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and even Superintelligence. These future systems could learn, adapt, and act in the real world on their own, Tegmark explained. That's when things get risky 🤖⚠️.
Unlike aviation or medicine, where new technologies undergo strict safety tests before they hit the skies or hospitals, AI companies operate with minimal rules. Tegmark argues it's time for governments worldwide to apply the same basic safety standards to AI development.
Despite the potential dangers, he remains hopeful. Public awareness is growing, and experts across the globe are calling for limits on systems that could escape human control. If we act now, AI could still power groundbreaking advances in science and healthcare—without putting humanity on the line 🚀💡.
In 2014, Tegmark founded the Future Life Institute, which champions AI safety and urges regulations for AI developers. His message? We still have a chance to steer AI toward a future that benefits everyone.
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