Netanyahu warns of potential 'eruption of AI-driven wars' that could lead to 'unimaginable' consequences


Netanyahu warns of potential 'eruption of AI-driven wars' that could lead to 'unimaginable' consequences

'The AI revolution is progressing at lightning speed,' Netanyahu told the UN

By Emma Colton Fox News

Published September 29, 2023 2:00am EDT


https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-warns-potential-eruption-ai-driven-wars-lead-unimaginable-consquences


Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu





d the world is on the cusp of an artificial intelligence revolution that could launch nations into prosperous times or lead to all-out destruction fueled by devastating high-tech wars


"The AI revolution is progressing at lightning speed," Netanyahu said during his U.N. General Assembly speech last week. "It took centuries for humanity to adapt to the agricultural revolution. It took decades to adapt to the industrial revolution. We may have but a few years to adapt to the AI revolution."

Talk of artificial intelligence at the U.N. was hardly common just a few years ago. But after the release of ChatGPT's wildly popular chatbot that can mimic human conversation and other AI-powered platforms, AI has become a hot topic among world leaders. 

Netanyahu's speech focused on building a peaceful "new Middle East," and cited relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia as evidence of this intention. He devoted the latter half of his speech to the future of AI and the "perils" the technology poses. 



"Although walking, shooting robots have yet to replace soldiers on the battlefield, technologies are converging in ways that may make this possible in the near future," the researchers explained.

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Netanyahu called on other nations to address such concerns about a future where "self-taught machines could eventually control humans" and to ensure "that the promise of an AI utopia does not turn into an AI dystopia."

On the flip side, the Israeli prime minister called on people to "imagine" various scenarios of a more prosperous and efficiently run world by using AI in day-to-day tasks. 





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