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DeepMind AI safety researcher Josh Engels resigns, warns of superintelligence risks
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Google DeepMind safety researcher Josh Engels has resigned from the company's AGI safety team. He transitioned to the independent AI-evaluation group METR, citing severe concerns regarding the potential for advanced artificial intelligence to cause catastrophic harm in the near future.
WHY IT MATTERS
This departure highlights ongoing internal tensions and safety concerns among top researchers regarding the rapid and potentially hazardous advancement of artificial intelligence systems.
New concerns over the pace of artificial intelligence development intensified after Google DeepMind researcher Josh Engels left the company's AGI safety team to join independent AI-evaluation group METR, saying he believes there is a “terrifying chance” that AI systems could cause immense harm within the next five years.
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