AI’s existential threat to humanity put under the microscope [Video]

AI may not be the dire existential threat that many make it out to be. According to a new study, Large Language Models (LLMs) can only follow instructions, can’t develop new skills on their own and are inherently “controllable, predictable and safe,” which is good news for us meatbags.

The President of the United States announces to the public that the defense of the nation has been turned over to a new artificial intelligence system that controls the entire nuclear arsenal. With the press of a button, war is obsolete thanks to a super-intelligent machine incapable of error, able to learn any new skill it requires, and grows more powerful by the minute. It is efficient to the point of infallibility.

As the President thanks the team of scientists who designed the AI and is proposing a toast to a gathering of dignitaries, the AI suddenly begins texting without being …