Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk

Former Google DeepMind spokesperson Vishal Maini said the lab once barred all public discussion of AI-driven human extinction risk, stating that "external communication about the possibility of human extinction was not permitted, by anyone, at any level of the organization." Maini added that internally the team knew AI alignment was not solved. The account concerns how DeepMind handled public messaging around existential AI risk.

Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk By Matthias BastianSource: The Decoder https://the-decoder.com A former Google DeepMind /glossary/deepmind spokesperson says talk of AI-driven human extinction was "external communication about the possibility of human extinction was not permitted, by anyone, at any level of the organization." Internally, the team knew AI alignment /glossary/ai-alignment was not solved, according to Vishal Maini. The article Former Deepmind PR staffer says the lab once banned public discussion of AI extinction risk https://the-decoder.com/former-deepmind-pr-staffer-says-the-lab-once-banned-public-discussion-of-ai-extinction-risk/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com . Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.