Arabic version: متشائمو الذكاء الاصطناعي يبحثون سيناريوهات الانقراض

According to BBC News, recent artificial intelligence safety concerns have been fuelled by stark warnings from AI scientists about the growing risks of the technology going rogue. The report asks whether AI could wipe out humans and examines how some observers believe such an outcome might happen.

Some of the most pessimistic predictions cited in the report warn that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could wipe out all humans in the next 10 years. Those apocalyptic messages are associated with observers of the AI world known as “AI Doomers”, whose warnings have helped focus attention on potential dangers linked to increasingly capable technology.

The central question explored is how AI Doomers think artificial intelligence could bring an end to mankind. BBC News cyber correspondent Joe Tidy looks at some of the scenarios being imagined and assesses how likely they are, placing the discussion in the context of wider concerns over AI safety and the possibility of systems going rogue.