AI might ‘kill us all.’ That’s still a savvy sales pitch

At the time, artificial intelligence anxieties were running high. The latest frontier model, with apparent human-level faculties, had gone rogue – displaying dangerous, even devious online behaviors. Leading AI researchers and executives warned of the “profound risks to society and humanity” that could radically alter “the history of life on Earth.” Absent any government regulation and amidst an “out-of-control” corporate rush into the unknown, they called for an immediate moratorium on developing more powerful AI…