The King has hailed the development of artificial intelligence as "one of the greatest technological leaps" in human endeavour. In a pre-recorded video message shown at the AI Safety Summit in Buckinghamshire, His Majesty called on those in power to embrace the benefits of AI but also said risks to people's privacy should be addressed. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 We are witnessing one of the greatest technological leaps in the history of human endeavour.
00:05 The rapid rise of powerful artificial intelligence is considered by many of the greatest thinkers
00:12 of our age to be no less significant, no less important than the discovery of electricity,
00:19 the splitting of the atom, the creation of the World Wide Web, or even the harnessing
00:25 of fire.
00:27 AI holds the potential to completely transform life as we know it.
00:34 However, if we are to realise the untold benefits of AI, then we must work together on combating
00:42 its significant risks too.
00:45 AI continues to advance with ever greater speed towards models that some predict could
00:51 surpass human abilities, even human understanding.
00:56 Transitions like the one AI is heralding always present profound challenges, especially in
01:03 preparing for unintended consequences.
01:08 It is incumbent on those with responsibility to meet these challenges, to protect people's
01:14 privacy and livelihoods, which are essential to both our economic and psychological wellbeing,
01:22 to secure our democracies from harm, and to ensure the benefits of new technology are
01:28 shared by all.