AI discrimination is a bigger risk than human extinction – EU chief

Commissioner says existential threat unlikely, but ‘guardrails’ needed for decision affecting livelihoods

Discrimination is a bigger threat posed by artificial intelligence than possible extinction of the human race, according to the European Union’s competition commissioner.

Margrethe Vestager said although the existential risk from advances in AI may be a concern, it was unlikely, whereas discrimination from the technology was a real problem.