28/09/2026 14:40
Gates: AI is so powerful it could cause the death of 1 billion humans
The Economic Information Daily reported on the 28th that the 'AI doomsday scenario' has recently become a hot topic. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in an interview on NBC, warned that the capabilities of AI 'have become powerful enough to trigger events that could result in the death of 1 billion humans.' He stated that no weapon has ever been as powerful as malicious individuals using AI.
*Huang Jiannan refutes 'AI godfather's' remarks as irresponsible*
Additionally, Hinton, known as the 'godfather of AI,' recently predicted that the probability of AI leading to the end of human civilization is about 10%. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang rebutted this, saying the 10% figure is merely his personal intuition and lacks any scientific basis, causing significant confusion in public perception, and calling it an irresponsible speculation. (yc)