Could AI be the universe's 'great filter' - a threshold so hard to overcome that it prevents most life from evolving into space-faring civilizations? Garrett, who is the Sir Bernard Lovell chair of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, wrote in an essay.
If AI systems gain power over military capabilities, the wars they wage could destroy our civilization. 'I estimate the typical longevity of a technological civilization might be less than 100 years,' Garrett wrote.
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