US right-wing media figures, tech pioneers call for superintelligent AI ban

A group including right-wing US media personalities Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck has signed a statement calling for a ban on developing superintelligent artificial intelligence until the public demands it and science paves a safe way forward, according to the non-profit organisers of the initiative.

The proposal, also signed by technology pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, is the latest organised by the Future of Life Institute, which for more than a decade has raised concerns about the risk it says intelligent machines pose to humanity.

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