Disturbing research warns AI may be ‘Great Filter’ that wipes out human civilisation

Advanced artificial intelligence could pose a catastrophic risk to humanity and wipe out entire civilisations, a new study warns.

AI could be the potential “Great Filter” answer to the Fermi paradox, with the potential to wipe out intelligent life in the universe before it can make contact with others, suggested the yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted in the arXiv preprint server.

The Fermi Paradox, captured popularly by the phrase “Where is everybody?”, has puzzled scientists for decades. It refers to the disquieting idea that if extraterrestrial life is probable in the universe, then why have humans not encountered it yet.