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Experts Warn AGI Threats Overshadow Urgent AI Concerns

12/14/2025

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Max Tegmark warned at NeurIPS in San Diego that artificial general intelligence could threaten humanity.
Only two of 5,630 papers mentioned AGI at the conference.
Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci urged addressing practical concerns, such as chatbot addiction, instead of hypothetical dangers.
Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher, warned about misuse of powerful AIs for political gain as industry optimism contrasts with real-world implications.

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Max Tegmark warned at NeurIPS in San Diego that artificial general intelligence could threaten humanity.
Only two of 5,630 papers mentioned AGI at the conference.
Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci urged addressing practical concerns, such as chatbot addiction, instead of hypothetical dangers.
Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher, warned about misuse of powerful AIs for political gain as industry optimism contrasts with real-world implications.