New York CNN Business —Many top business leaders are seriously worried that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity in the not-too-distant future.
Forty-two percent of CEOs surveyed at the Yale CEO Summit this week say AI has the potential to destroy humanity five to ten years from now, according to survey results shared exclusively with CNN.
The business leaders displayed a sharp divide over just how dangerous AI is to civilization.
While 34% of CEOs said AI could potentially destroy humanity in ten years and 8% said that could happen in five years, 58% said that could never happen and they are “not worried.”In a separate question, Yale found that 42% of the CEOs surveyed say the potential catastrophe of AI is overstated, while 58% say it is not overstated.
The CEOs indicated AI will have the most transformative impact in three key industries: healthcare (48%), professional services/IT (35%) and media/digital (11%).
Persons:
“, ”, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Doug McMillion, James Quincy, Yale, Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton, Hinton, “ I’m, ” Hinton, Jake Tapper, Robert Oppenheimer, ” Sonnenfeld
Organizations:
New York CNN Business, Yale, Summit, CNN, Sonnenfeld’s, Leadership Institute, Walmart, Xerox, Google, Microsoft