Is AI a species-level threat to humanity? | Elon Musk, Michio Kaku, Steven Pinker & more | Big Think

Is AI a species-level threat to humanity? Watch the newest video from Big Think: Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When it comes to the question of whether AI is an existential threat to the human species, you have Elon Musk in one corner, Steven Pinker in another, and a host of incredible minds somewhere in between. In this video, a handful of those great minds—Elon Musk, Steven Pinker, Michio Kaku, Max Tegmark, Luis Perez-Breva, Joscha Bach and Sophia the Robot herself—weigh in on the many nuances of the debate and the degree to which AI is a threat to humanity; if it’s not a species-level threat, it will still upend our world as we know it. What’s your take on this debate? Let us know in the comments! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: