1) 2025, 2040, No prediction. (I don't trust myself to figure out what the long-tail possibilities look like that fall short of "global catastrophe" but that still might abort AI research indefinitely.)
2) < 5%.
3) < 5% for hours/days. < 10% for self-modifies within a few years. About 50% chance for "helps humans develop and build super-human AI within 5 years"
4) No more.
5) No, not even close. Nuclear war or genetically engineered epidemics worry me more.
6) Neuron-level simulation of a mamalian brain, within a factor of 10 of real-time.
Related to: lesswrong.com/lw/fk/survey_results/
I am currently emailing experts in order to raise and estimate the academic awareness and perception of risks from AI and ask them for permission to publish and discuss their responses. User:Thomas suggested to also ask you, everyone who is reading lesswrong.com, and I thought this was a great idea. If I ask experts to publicly answer questions, to publish and discuss them here on LW, I think it is only fair to do the same.
Answering the questions below will help the SIAI and everyone interested to mitigate risks from AI to estimate the effectiveness with which the risks are communicated.
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