Assistant treasury minister Andrew Leigh now puts the odds that artificial intelligence will wipe out humanity at one in 10, double his earlier estimate, and wants Australia “moving on all of the fronts” to prevent it.
Dr Leigh, a former economics professor, addressed the National Press Council alongside Father Paolo Benanti, an ethicist who advised the late Pope Francis on artificial intelligence, on Wednesday.
“I’m as worried as anyone else …
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