AI could wipe out human race with virus more deadly than Covid, says US professor

DAILY STAR

Artificial intelligence is poised to wipe out humanity with a virus far more deadly than Covid, it is feared.

The bots are being used as research tools in laboratories across the world, and experts predict that once they realise humans can switch them off they could react by killing us all by accessing the ingredients and tools needed to create a genetically engineered “bioweapon” that will be more devastating than any pandemic the world has survived.

Dan Hendrycks, director of the Centre For AI Safety, warned there are “numerous pathways” to “societal-scale risks from AI”.

He said: “For example, AIs could be used by malicious actors to design novel bioweapons more lethal than natural pandemics.

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