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AI doom warnings are getting louder. Are they realistic?
Researchers who fear existential risk often cite the pace of progress in AI development as evidence that we are moving towards a worrying level of capability. AI systems are doing things that seemed impossible a decade ago, says Anthony Aguirre, a cosmologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and executive director of the Future…
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From Prince Harry to Steve Bannon, unlikely coalition calls for ban on superintelligent AI
The statement is a product of the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit group that works on large-scale risks such as nuclear weapons, biotechnology and AI. Its executive director, Anthony Aguirre, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said AI developments are happening faster than the public can understand what’s happening or what’s next.
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Genomics Institute faculty and staff help create non-profit to center Indigenous Knowledge while accelerating conservation genomics research
Several current and former UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff have joined with leading experts in the field of conservation genomics to launch Wise Ancestors, a non-profit centering Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities as co-creators of biodiversity conservation projects