AI has no kill switch, could 'destroy' foundations of society without guardrails: Expert

The Israeli author and historian said a lack of safety measures in new AI tech could cause the West to lose to China. Israeli historian and "Sapiens" author Yuval Noah Harari claimed there is no kill switch for artificial intelligence (AI) and urged for the implementation of safety checks and guardrails, or else risk the possibility of societal collapse. During a March interview with ABC News, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked if ChatGPT had a "kill switch" in the event their AI went rogue. Altman's responded with a quick "yes." "What really happens is that any engineer can just say we're going to disable this for now. Or we're going to deploy this new version of the model," he added.