Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?

Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all? Employees at the world's leading AI labs are saying there's a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. Here's why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals AI's recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all Bill Gates says we've passed AI's danger thresholds. Here's why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals Grace Huckins Bill Gates says we've passed AI's danger thresholds.