In a statement toFuturism, OpenAI said it had viewed the video and shut down the developer behind it.

Maybe OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was right that AI could destroy humanity.

Or maybe there just needs to be guardrails similar to how photocopiers refuse to scan paper currency.

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The concern does not appear to be theoretical either.

A recentreportfrom theWashington Postfound that Israel has already used AI to select bombing targets, sometimes indiscriminately.

At certain times the only corroboration required was that the target was a male.

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And AI-powered drones could strike with precision.

But that depends on how they are used.

It is not hard to understand why tech companies are interested in moving into warfare.

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