Could AI really end humanity?

High-profile AI safety incidents, as well as warnings from industry figures about AI’s rapid progress, have stoked a new wave of fear about the future of humanity. Artificial intelligence systems are becoming more and more capable. Can we regulate this technology effectively – or is it too late to put the AI genie back in the bottle? Gideon speaks to Toby Ord, senior researcher at Oxford university’s AI Governance Institute, and author of ‘The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity.’Clip: C-SpanSubscribe to Gideon’s show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.Further reading: Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectusWhy the AI race has its creators fearing human extinctionDonald Trump praises tech bosses’ ‘self-regulation’ of AIPresented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design is by Samantha Giovinco and Breen Turner.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.