A report commissioned the U.S. State Department has warned the existential threat artificial intelligence. The report posited a worst-case-scenario "extinction-level threat" to humanity. The authors identified a "growing risk to national security posed rapidly expanding AI capabilities weaponisation and loss of control". The report added that there was a "clear and urgent need" the U.S. government to intervene "quickly and decisively". It continued: "The rise advanced AI has the potential to destabilise global security ways reminiscent of the introduction of nuclear weapons." The report calls a new federal agency to regulate companies developing AI tools and to limit the growth AI.
The 247-page report was commissioned the State Department November 2022. It was written a company that provides technical briefings and guidance AI. The authors spoke extensively to experts AI companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Meta. The authors recommended setting an upper limit how much computing power an AI model could have. They also recommended making it a criminal offence to open-source or reveal the coding behind more powerful AI models. The Futurism.com website stated: "Over half the AI researchers surveyed say there's a five per cent chance that humans will be driven to extinction, other 'extremely bad outcomes.'"
