'We've been using it for decades': Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why he isn't wor
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan why he isn’t worried about the advancement of artificial intelligence. “Just consider that right now, AI is basically everywhere, there’s no tech company that isn’t fully exploiting the value of AI to their business model,” Mr deGrasse Tyson told Mr Morgan. “In my field – which is not even a corporate entity, it’s just science – in my field, astrophysics, we’ve been using AI, at any possible point that it could advance us we use it and we’ve been using it for decades." He said any technological advancement has “always had a dark side in the hands of nefarious actors”. “So yes, AI poses an existential risk, so too did nuclear weapons – so too did weapons in general.”