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In January 2015, Stephen Hawking along with Elon Musk and many AI experts, signed an open letter on artificial intelligence, calling for serious research into its impact on society. In the past, Elon Musk has warned that superhuman artificial intelligence is capable of providing incalculable benefits, but if deployed incautiously, will have an adverse effect on the human race. He and I sit on the scientific advisory board for Future of Life Institute, an organisation working to mitigate existential risk facing humanity. This called for concrete research on how we could prevent potential problems while also reaping the potential benefits AI offers us, and is designed to get AI researchers and developers to pay more attention to AI safety.

Recent developments in the advancement of AI include a call by the European Parliament for drafting a set of regulations to govern the creation of robots and AI. A report presented to the Parliament declares that the world is on the cusp of a new industrial robot revolution. It stresses that at all times researchers and designers should ensure all robotic design incorporates a kill switch. There is a possibility that within a few decades AI could surpass human intellectual capacity and challenge the human-robot relationship.

By 2025, there will be about 30 mega cities with more than 10 million inhabitants. Robots will definitely speed up the retail process, but to revolutionise shopping, they need to be fast enough to allow same-day delivery on every order. Recent AI landmarks such as self-driving cars, or a computer game winning at the game of Go, etc. are signs of what is to come. Enormous levels of investment are pouring into this technology which will eventually permeate every aspect of society including health care, work, education and science.

Our future is a race between the growing power of a technology and the wisdom with which we use it!

AI safety is the need of the hour because:

AI is capable of providing incalculable benefits

If AI is deployed incautiously, it will have an adverse effect on the very human existance.

The world is on the cusp of an AI Robotic Sports Revolution

Enormous levels of investment are pouring into AI which should focus on food security

✅ Correct Option: 2

Option 1 -> While AI benefits are mentioned, benefits themselves don't justify safety concerns - they're the positive side of AI.

Option 2 -> The passage explicitly states AI "if deployed incautiously, will have an adverse effect on the human race" and discusses "existential risk facing humanity" - this is the core reason for AI safety.

Option 3 -> The passage mentions "industrial robot revolution," not a sports revolution - this misrepresents the text.

Option 4 -> Though enormous investment is mentioned, the passage doesn't connect this to food security but rather to healthcare, work, education, and science.

Hence, Option 2 -> AI safety is critical because the passage emphasizes that incautious deployment could have adverse effects on humanity, potentially creating existential risks as AI may surpass human intellectual capacity. The open letter signed by Hawking and Musk, the call for kill switches in robotic design, and the focus on preventing potential problems while reaping benefits all point to the need for safety measures due to potential threats to human existence -> correct

Question 1

What does the word "mitigate" as used in the passage mean:

Question 3

The regulations stress that at all times researchers and designers should ensure that all robotic design incorporates a kill switch because:

Question 4

The passage is primarily concerned with:

AI safety is the need of the hour because:

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