Artificial intelligence is reshaping human beings’ relationship with the world around us, with knowledge, with each other and with our very selves.

While similar claims could be made about previous disruptive technologies, from the plow to the internal combustion engine to the microchip, each of which altered societies and humans’ self-understanding in radical ways, AI offers for the first time the possibility of human obsolescence in the capacity that most defines us: our intelligence.

The benefits and dangers of AI could each be much greater than for any previous technological development. Indeed, we believe the dangers are likely to outweigh the benefits. For this reason, we urge caution in the further development of AI, strict application of safety standards and generous use of gover

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