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Here’s What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like
The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but what would an actual AI catastrophe look like?
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A Wired podcast episode explores three concrete AI‑risk scenarios that experts consider most threatening. The hosts—Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger—detail how malicious actors could hack water‑supply systems, turning essential infrastructure into weapons. They also examine the potential for AI to facilitate the creation or deployment of bioweapons, amplifying biological threats. Finally, the discussion covers autonomous robots that might act without human oversight, posing direct physical danger. The episode frames these possibilities as the most plausible forms of an AI‑driven catastrophe.
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