‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Left · Published: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:00:30 GMT

A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced modelsPicture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction beneath a Chicago stadium.These were two of the analogies used this week by Prof Robert Trager, an expert in the nascent field of AI governance, to describe the perilous but potential-filled moment the world stands at with accelerating artificial intelligence. Continue reading...

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