Artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the extinction of humanity, warn some experts, including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind. But how can machines prevail over humans?

Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT - a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions or generate text or even code on demand from users - has become the fastest-growing internet application in history.

The bosses of IT giants were called to the White House: they talked about the risks of artificial intelligence Hope for the salvation of humanity. Scientists have found a cure for superbugs, they were helped by artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence diagnoses cancer better than doctors In just two months, it had 100 million active users. According to technology monitoring company Sensor Town, it took Instagram two and a half years to reach this milestone.

The enormous popularity of ChatGPT, which was developed by the company OpenAI with the financial support of Microsoft, caused an intense debate about the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of humanity.

Dozens of experts have endorsed a statement published on the AI Security Center's website, which reads: "Reducing the risk of (humanity. - Ed.) extinction from artificial intelligence should be a global priority alongside other societal risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."

At the same time, others say that these fears are exaggerated.

PHOTO AUTHOR, GETTY IMAGES Imitation of people Text (from essays, poems, and jokes to computer code) and images (such as diagrams, photos, and illustrations) produced by AI tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Bard, and AlphaCode may be indistinguishable from human work.

With their help, students do homework and politicians write speeches: Democratic representative Jake Auchincloss launched their use in the US Congress.

Tech giant IBM says it will stop hiring for 7,800 artificial intelligence jobs.