Could AI really end humanity? Post your questions for our tech reporters now
TL;DR
After a week of alarming warnings about AI's potential to cause catastrophic harm, The Guardian's tech reporters are answering reader questions live on the reality of the threat. The backdrop includes an Anthropic report that criminals, state-sponsored groups and spyware vendors tried to use its models to design weapons, create deadly pathogens and surveil dissidents, plus Elon Musk's claim that AI could be more dangerous than nukes. The Q&A starts at 3pm BST (10am EDT).
Nauti's Take
An open Q&A is a good opportunity to move the debate from headlines and CEO quotes to concrete questions. The limit: existential scenarios and documented misuse cases like Anthropic's report often get lumped together, which makes it harder to judge either.
Anyone trying to form a view should separate risks documented today from speculative superintelligence scenarios.
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