Looking Back at 2015: AI Experts' Top Risk Predictions for the Next 20 Years
danfaggella · x · 2026-08-11
The author revisits an interactive infographic created in 2015 titled "What is the Most Likely AI Risk in the Next 20 Years?". At the time, job loss was ranked as the #1 risk by experts like Bengio, followed by "none". Concerns about "malicious AI" were also highlighted by figures like Yampolskiy.
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