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 +====== Etzioni 2016 survey ======
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 +// Published 06 November, 2019; last updated 16 August, 2022 //
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 +<p>Oren Etzioni surveyed 193 AAAI fellows in 2016 and found that 67% of them expected that ‘we will achieve Superintelligence’ someday, but in more than 25 years.</p>
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 +====== Details ======
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 +<p>Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI,<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-1-2111"></span><span class="easy-footnote"><a href="#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2111" title='“Oren Etzioni.” Accessed November 6, 2019. &lt;a href="https://allenai.org/team/orene/"&gt;allenai.org/team/orene/&lt;/a&gt;.'><sup>1</sup></a></span> reported on a survey in an MIT Tech Review article published on 20 Sep 2016.<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-2-2111"></span><span class="easy-footnote"><a href="#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2111" title='Etzioni, Oren. “Most Experts Say AI Isn’t as Much of a Threat as You Might Think.” MIT Technology Review. Accessed November 6, 2019. &lt;a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602410/no-the-experts-dont-think-superintelligent-ai-is-a-threat-to-humanity/"&gt;https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602410/no-the-experts-dont-think-superintelligent-ai-is-a-threat-to-humanity/&lt;/a&gt;.'><sup>2</sup></a></span> The rest of this article summarizes information from that source, except where noted.</p>
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 +<p>In March 2016, on behalf of Etzioni, the American Association for AI (AAAI) sent out an anonymous survey to 193 of their Fellows (“individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions — usually over at least a ten-year period — to the field of artificial intelligence.”<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-3-2111"></span><span class="easy-footnote"><a href="#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2111" title='“Elected AAAI Fellows.” Accessed November 6, 2019. &lt;a href="https://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-list.php"&gt;https://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-list.php&lt;/a&gt;.'><sup>3</sup></a></span>).</p>
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 +<p>The survey contained one question:</p>
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 +<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">
 +<p>“In his book, Nick Bostrom has defined Superintelligence as ‘an intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains in practically every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom and social skills.’ When do you think we will achieve Superintelligence?”</p>
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 +<p>It seems that responses were entered by selecting one of four categories<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-4-2111"></span><span class="easy-footnote"><a href="#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2111" title='“One of us (Russell) responded to Etzioni’s survey with ‘more than 25 years,’&amp;#8230;” &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Russell, Allan Dafoe and Stuart. “Yes, the Experts Are Worried about the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence.” MIT Technology Review. Accessed November 6, 2019. &lt;a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602776/yes-we-are-worried-about-the-existential-risk-of-artificial-intelligence/"&gt;https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602776/yes-we-are-worried-about-the-existential-risk-of-artificial-intelligence/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;'><sup>4</sup></a></span> although it is possible that they were entered as real numbers and then grouped.</p>
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 +<p>There were 80 responses, for a response rate of 41%. They were:</p>
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 +<li><div class="li">“In the next 10 years”: 0%</div></li>
 +<li><div class="li">“In the next 10-25 years”: 7.5%</div></li>
 +<li><div class="li">“In more than 25 years”: 67.5%</div></li>
 +<li><div class="li">“Never.”: 25%</div></li>
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 +<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized">
 +<img alt="" class="wp-image-2112" height="388" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" src="https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-6.33.28-PM-1024x684.png" srcset="https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-6.33.28-PM-1024x684.png 1024w, https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-6.33.28-PM-300x200.png 300w, https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-6.33.28-PM-768x513.png 768w, https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-6.33.28-PM.png 1380w" width="581"/>
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 +                  Figure 1: graph of responses from Etzioni’s article.
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 +===== Notes =====
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 +<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-bottom-1-2111"></span>“Oren Etzioni.” Accessed November 6, 2019. <a href="https://allenai.org/team/orene/">allenai.org/team/orene/</a>.<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-1-2111"></a>
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 +<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-bottom-2-2111"></span>Etzioni, Oren. “Most Experts Say AI Isn’t as Much of a Threat as You Might Think.” MIT Technology Review. Accessed November 6, 2019. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602410/no-the-experts-dont-think-superintelligent-ai-is-a-threat-to-humanity/">https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602410/no-the-experts-dont-think-superintelligent-ai-is-a-threat-to-humanity/</a>.<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-2-2111"></a>
 +</div></li>
 +<li><div class="li">
 +<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-bottom-3-2111"></span>“Elected AAAI Fellows.” Accessed November 6, 2019. <a href="https://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-list.php">https://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-list.php</a>.<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-3-2111"></a>
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 +<span class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust" id="easy-footnote-bottom-4-2111"></span>“One of us (Russell) responded to Etzioni’s survey with ‘more than 25 years,’…”<br/>
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 +                  Russell, Allan Dafoe and Stuart. “Yes, the Experts Are Worried about the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence.” MIT Technology Review. Accessed November 6, 2019. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602776/yes-we-are-worried-about-the-existential-risk-of-artificial-intelligence/">https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602776/yes-we-are-worried-about-the-existential-risk-of-artificial-intelligence/</a>.<br/>
 +<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-4-2111"></a>
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