AI Research Raises Concerns Over Intelligence Growth, Safety

Experts are raising concerns about the rapid and largely unexplained advancement of artificial intelligence, with former Google executive Eric Schmidt warning that AI systems are starting to evolve without human oversight and could soon replace most tech jobs. Schmidt predicts that artificial general intelligence, capable of matching human experts in various fields, could arrive within a few years, fundamentally changing the workforce. Supporting this unease, AI safety researcher Liam Carroll emphasized that, while scientists can build powerful AI models, they do not yet fully understand how these systems work or why they behave as they do, likening them to 'aliens.' The scientific community is still in the early stages of deciphering how AI systems achieve their growing capabilities, making it challenging to assess both their constructive and potentially dangerous behaviors. These developments contribute to growing fears about the risks posed by autonomous AI and the difficulty in ensuring their trustworthiness and safety.