AI Doomsday Researchers Push Extinction Timeline to 2030

The AI Futures Project has revised its estimated timeline for catastrophic AI risk from the near-term to approximately 2030, extending the window but maintaining urgency.

AI safety researchers have pushed back their estimated timeline for existential risk from artificial intelligence to around 2030, according to @HedgieMarkets. The revision comes from the AI Futures Project, which tracks expert consensus on AGI development trajectories and their associated risks. Separately, @EvaFox highlighted Elon Musk reiterating the need to "make sure the AI is friendly."

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