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# It is official: AI experts warn of the risk of human extinction.
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/it-is-official-ai-experts-warn-of-the-risk-of-human-extinction/
- Published: 2023-12-11T10:56:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:36:00.000Z
- Description: Prominent AI experts warn of existential threats from unchecked artificial intelligence, drawing parallels to risks like pandemics and nuclear war. They call for a global priority to mitigate these risks despite some deeming such fears exaggerated. I very much agree with this ...
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

Prominent AI experts warn of existential threats from unchecked [artificial intelligence](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-keynote-speaker/), drawing parallels to risks like pandemics and nuclear war. They call for a global priority to mitigate these risks despite some deeming such fears exaggerated. I very much agree with this and covered it in my TEDx talk last week.

Read the full article on [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65746524?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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