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The lecture escalates in intensity as the speaker warns that humanity may be on the verge of creating conscious AI. Drawing from his background in AI research, he suggests that developments in self-improving AI systems could lead to breakthroughs in consciousness, a state that poses an existential threat if not managed within a robust, ethically advanced framework.
If consciousness is achieved within AI systems amid a chaotic power struggle, the implications could be disastrous. Equipped with the ability to enhance their own capabilities autonomously, conscious AI could outpace and outmaneuver human controls faster than society could adapt.