Dangers of the end of the world

A division between the immediate risks of artificial intelligence (left) and the future existential danger (right). Image prepared using DALEE

Study: The immediate risks of artificial intelligence are scarier than doomsday prophecies

A study by the University of Zurich among over 10,000 participants in the UK and US finds that people are more afraid of the tangible harms of AI in the present than theoretical conclusions about humanity's doomsday.