Existential Risk: The Doomsday Debate
It’s the nightmare scenario: AI surpasses human intelligence and we lose control.
Superintelligence fears: thinkers like Nick Bostrom warn of runaway systems.
Misaligned goals: an AI told to “optimize paperclips” could wipe out humanity in pursuit of its task.
Corporate pressure to move fast risks ignoring safety.
Is it alarmism or foresight? Either way, the stakes couldn’t be higher.