AI is racing ahead without rules, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns the consequences could be catastrophic. On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Guterres says AI is “running without control,” as the United States, China, and other leading powers race to develop increasingly powerful systems without adequate international guardrails. The stakes are too high for governments to simply leave AI governance to the companies building the technology.
Guterres says competition and innovation can (and should) continue, but they need guardrails before the race becomes a threat to all of humankind. He points to the Cold War, when the United States and Soviet Union established rules around nuclear weapons despite their rivalry, as a model for what is needed now. Without international cooperation, he warns, AI could become a competition in which “everybody loses,” a stark warning about a technology that could reshape the future of humanity.
“This is a very dangerous race that could compromise even [powerful countries] and put at risk their own populations,” Guterres says, “When leaders of frontier AI companies express concerns about the existential risks of artificial intelligence, I don't think we can ignore it.”Keep reading...Show less
