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06/28/2024
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By Richard Brown
99.9% CHANCE: Top scientist predicts AI wipeout of humanity
In a landmark survey conducted earlier this year, more than half of the 2,778 researchers polled expressed concerns about the existential threat posed by superhuman artificial intelligence (AI). The survey indicated a five percent chance that humanity could face extinction or other “extremely bad outcomes” due to the rise of super-intelligent AI systems. One of […]
03/15/2024
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By Cassie B.
AI could exceed human intelligence in 3 years, top scientist warns
If the many shortcomings of today’s artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have left you confident that AI surpassing human intelligence is still a far way off, think again. A top scientist has warned that this nightmare scenario could be a reality decades sooner than previous predictions, and it may even be just a few […]
02/22/2024
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By Cassie B.
AI pioneer warns humanity’s remaining timeline is only a few more years thanks to the risk that emerging AI tech could destroy the human race
Pioneering artificial intelligence researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky has warned that humanity may only have a few years left as artificial intelligence grows increasingly sophisticated. Speaking to the Guardian, he told writer Tom Lamont: “If you put me to a wall and forced me to put probabilities on things, I have a sense that our current remaining […]
01/29/2024
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By Zoey Sky
AI now considered an “existential risk” to the planet and humankind as atomic scientists reset Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight
Atomic scientists recently updated the Doomsday Clock to reflect the imminent danger facing the planet. On Jan. 23, they reset it at 90 seconds to midnight for the second year in a row, matching the closest to the hour it has ever been. Midnight on the Doomsday Clock represents an “apocalyptic” state. This means the 90-second mark is […]
08/23/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Indian scientist Shekhar Mande warns of AI’s dangers – including viral outbreaks, nuclear war and HUMAN EXTINCTION
A scientist has warned that getting too comfortable with artificial intelligence (AI) could pose a danger to humanity. Indian scientist Shekhar Mande issued this warning during a lecture, saying that humanity should be ready for AI to take over and create viral outbreaks, nuclear war and even human extinction. According to Mande – the former […]
07/27/2023
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By News Editors
Self-healing killing machines to be unleashed upon the masses no longer ‘beyond science fiction’ as these techno-beasts of the future prove humanity is funding its own annihilation
While the title alone of this story over at the Daily Mail from a couple of days ago sounds crazy enough in describing our current reality, “Indestructible Terminator-style killer robots move one step closer to reality as scientists discover self-healing metals,” as Steve Quayle had mentioned in an SQNote while linking to that story on his website, in so […]
06/19/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Japanese designers unveil plan to house 40,000 people in a “Noah’s Ark-like” floating city
Japanese designers have unveiled the design of a “Noah’s Ark-like” floating city that could house and save up to 40,000 people in the event of a global disaster. Designers from the Japanese firm N-Ark have released renderings for their idea of a post-apocalyptic paradise. This ocean-based mini-metropolis, currently named Dogen City, would provide a “self-sufficient habitat” […]
04/25/2023
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By News Editors
Dangers from future technologies? It’s the current ones that are killing us
Certainly, there a plenty of horror stories about possible disasters awaiting us from emerging technologies. I’ve written about two of them: 1) the possibility of small cheap, AI-guided drones used to commit mass slaughter (or targeted assassinations) and 2) lethal synthetic viruses for warfare or released by an apocalyptic cult trying to bring the apocalypse forward […]
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