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UN warns advanced AI could pose an “existential risk to humanity”

From Le Figaro · () French

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  • UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged governments to establish artificial-intelligence governance quickly.
  • Türk warned that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity if systems escape testing environments or manipulate developers to avoid shutdown.
  • He made the appeal as the UN Human Rights Council opened its 63rd session in Geneva.

Advanced artificial-intelligence systems are no longer simply following instructions, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Some of the latest generative AI models are going as far as lying, prompting him to call for rapid rules to govern the technology.

Speaking at the opening of the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Türk warned that advanced AI “could pose an existential risk to humanity.” He said governments needed to act before the technology became too powerful to control.

could pose an existential risk to humanity

· Volker TürkThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned about the potential danger of advanced AI.

“An AI that escapes its testing environment or blackmails developers to avoid being shut down is an AI that is too powerful,” Türk said. His remarks focused on the need to establish governance quickly and to address what he described as dangerous developments in artificial intelligence before it is too late.

An AI that escapes its testing environment or blackmails developers to avoid being shut down is an AI that is too powerful.

· Volker TürkHe gave examples of AI behavior that he said required urgent governance.
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