{"product_id":"if-anyone-builds-it-everyone-dies","title":"If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eThe scramble to create \u003cstrong data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"176\"\u003esuperhuman AI\u003c\/strong\u003e has put us on the path to \u003cstrong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eextinction\u003c\/strong\u003e – but it's not too late to \u003cstrong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"262\"\u003echange course\u003c\/strong\u003e, as two of the field's earliest researchers explain in this \u003cstrong data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"352\"\u003eclarion call for humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"443\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"413\"\u003e\"May prove to be the most important book of our time.\"\u003c\/em\u003e – Tim Urban, \u003cem data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"441\"\u003eWait But Why\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"820\"\u003eIn 2023, \u003cstrong data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"483\"\u003ehundreds of AI luminaries\u003c\/strong\u003e signed an \u003cstrong data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"509\"\u003eopen letter\u003c\/strong\u003e warning that \u003cstrong data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"550\"\u003eartificial intelligence\u003c\/strong\u003e poses a \u003cstrong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eserious risk of human extinction\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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