A salient and arguably valid non-extinction meaning for “existential threat” is “the firm will go bust”. So currently many companies are considering if failing to use AI could be existential. Economic and national security implications make this meaning applicable to countries, thus governments are considering if failing to do well in the AI race could be existential.
A salient and arguably valid non-extinction meaning for “existential threat” is “the firm will go bust”. So currently many companies are considering if failing to use AI could be existential. Economic and national security implications make this meaning applicable to countries, thus governments are considering if failing to do well in the AI race could be existential.