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AI could end humanity

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The people building AI systems think they might cause human extinction

This is the field's best guess.

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Essential reading from researchers, government reports, and expert analysis.

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Our explanation

Why we need to pause AI development until we know how to build superintelligence safely—and how to make that happen.

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State Department Report

Official report commissioned by the government warning that advanced AI could "pose an extinction-level threat to the human species".

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The Problem

Technical breakdown from MIRI on why creating superintelligent AI would lead to human extinction by default—and what would be necessary to avert that.

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AI 2027

A scenario showing how a race to superintelligence could unfold over the next few years.

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NYT Bestseller
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

By Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares

A careful argument for why, with current technology, we can't control what a superintelligent AI would do—and why humanity will end if we build one before we know how to make it safe.

Max Tegmark (MIT): "The most important book of the decade"
Ben Bernanke: "A clearly written and compelling account of the existential risks"

Also endorsed by Yoshua Bengio, Vitalik Buterin, Scott Aaronson, Bruce Schneier, and many leading scientists.

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