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Bernie Sanders: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 12:06

It is one sentence long, but its implication is profound. Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI. Let me repeat that. Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war. end quote. These concerns have been around for years and are only growing given the fact that leading scientists all over the world are telling us about the existential threat posed by AI. (12:06–12:18)

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Asserts that preventing AI-related extinction should be prioritized globally like pandemics and nuclear war.

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