Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

Commentary: AI's Risks Are No Reason for Panic

A Korea Times commentary argues that despite OpenAI withholding a model over safety concerns and Anthropic conceding 'catastrophic risks' in a filing, extinction scenarios are far from expert consensus. Studies like the International AI Safety Report, AAAI panel and Stanford AI Index find such threats implausible, and recent 'rogue' incidents stemmed from fixable oversight flaws—calling for prudence, not panic.