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AI's extinction debate breaks containment

An online panic erupted this week after millions discovered that leading AI researchers routinely debate and calculate the risk of human extinction. Taken at face value, the odds are chilling: 10%, 20%, sometimes far higher, assigned to the possibility of AI catastrophe. Why it matters: An esoteric debate over " p(doom) " has suddenly become a gut-level question for lawmakers, investors and millions of ordinary people: Why are we racing toward a technology its own builders believe could destroy…

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AI's extinction debate breaks containment
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