Climate Change: Prioritized Appropriately

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A not-unexpected headline: AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction’ on Par With Pandemics and Nuclear War, Tech Executives Warn

Tech executives and artificial-intelligence scientists are sounding the alarm about AI, saying in a joint statement Tuesday that the technology poses an extinction risk as great as pandemics and nuclear war.

More than 350 people signed a statement released by the Center for AI Safety, an organization that said it works to reduce AI risks.

Some of the smartest people on the planet signed the statement. Other tech luminaries like Elon Musk and Bill Gates have previously expressed concern about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

The AI discussion has been going on for a while and is above your humble blogger's pay-grade, but he did notice a significant omission: climate change isn't even listed as a top-three extinction risk.

Now that COVID-19 (pandemic), Russia-Ukraine (nuclear war), and ChatGPT (AI) have shown everyone what they should really be scared about, the nightmarish projections of teenagers are being prioritized appropriately.