Preventing an AI-related catastrophe - Problem profile

Why is it that humans, and not chimpanzees, control the fate of the world? Humans have shaped every corner of our planet. Chimps, despite being pretty smart compared to other nonhuman animals, have not. This is (roughly) because of humans' intelligence.1 Companies and governments are spending billions of dollars a year developing AI systems -- and as these systems grow more advanced, they could (eventually) displace humans as the most intelligent things on the planet. As we'll see, they're making progress.