> She said artificial intelligence could go in one of two directions over the next 10 years. [...] AI development is focused on the common good, with transparency in AI system design and an ability for individuals to opt-in [...] Ms Webb's catastrophic scenario involves less data privacy, more centralisation of power in a handful of companies

Umm... so are we just not going to mention the elephant in the room at all? I mean, I know everyone finds “the singularity is near!” people annoying, but there’s not any mention at all of some type of existential risk? The “catastrophic scenario” relates to things like privacy and fairness?

Someone commented in another article about AI safety being composed of two types, those focused on “AI alignment” and those focused on “AI ethics”. I increasingly find that the latter group seems to be putting the cart before the horse.

Hypothetically, if you were to poll the research scientists at OpenAI (anonymously) on which type of AI safety they are more concerned about, I would be really curious what the results of that survey would look like.