Roundtables: AI’s apocalypse crisis

圆桌会议：人工智能的末日危机

Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? 全球顶尖人工智能实验室的员工们表示，先进的人工智能确实有可能毁灭人类。他们说得对吗？还是这仅仅是危言耸听和炒作？

Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. 欢迎加入《麻省理工科技评论》执行编辑 Niall Firth 的对话，与资深人工智能编辑 Will Douglas Heaven 和人工智能记者 Grace Huckins 一起剖析人工智能带来的灭绝恐惧：这些恐惧从何而来，它们是否有据可依，如果确实如此，我们又该怎么办。

Register now. Going live on Tuesday, September 15 at 16:00 BST / 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST. 立即注册。直播时间为英国夏令时 9 月 15 日星期二 16:00 / 美国东部时间上午 11:00 / 美国太平洋时间上午 8:00。

Speakers: Niall Firth, executive editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins, AI reporter. 演讲嘉宾：执行编辑 Niall Firth、资深人工智能编辑 Will Douglas Heaven 以及人工智能记者 Grace Huckins。

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