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  AI set to improve job security in the marine survey sector Embracing innovative technologies to meet growing demand   By Richard Dowdeswell, Danny Websdale • February 6, 2024 The data was preprocessed by AI, speeding up post-processing. In a March 2023 blog, Microsoft founder, billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates said: “The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the internet and the mobile phone. It will change the way people work, learn, travel, get health care and communicate with each other. Entire industries will reorient around it. Businesses will distinguish themselves by how well they use it.”   New workflows that leverage artificial intelligence to achieve the same results as a human being but faster and cheaper will create job losses. From telemarketing to bookkeeping, there really is no stopping the ‘rise of the machines’. Job losses have already happened and there will be many ...

  Forget human extinction – these are the real risks posed by AI today Amid warnings that advanced AI could wipe out humanity, some experts insist we should be more worried about people using existing AIs to supercharge the spread of misinformation 25 July 2023, By  Mary-Ann Russon Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images The alarm bells have been rung. In May, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI”, quit his role at Google to warn of the “existential threat” posed by artificial intelligence. The Center for AI Safety followed up with an open letter, signed by Hinton and hundreds of others, warning that advanced AI could destroy humanity.  “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority,”  read the statement. This sudden surge of concern seems to have been motivated by the rapid advance of AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and the race to build more powerful systems. The fear is that the tech industry is recklessly a...