What if AI spirals out of control? Shahar Avin highlights the existential risks
Can AI spiral out of control and endanger humanity? Shahar Avin explores the most extreme scenarios at the Future Trends Forum
He is the Executive Director of Scientific Infrastructures at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanosciences (IMDEA) and head of the Quantum NanoDevices Group. He holds a PhD in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma (UAM) and did his experimental PhD studies at the Madrid Microelectronics Institute of the Spanish Research Council (IMN-CNM-CSIC). For 3 years, he was Research Scientist at the Quantum Information Group of Toshiba Research Europe Ltd in Cambridge (UK). He joined IMDEA-Nano in 2009. He is head of the Quantum NanoDevices Group. He is Vice-President of the IUVSTA Electronic Materials and ASEVA. He has been appointed Scientific and Technical Advisor of the General Directorate of Research and Technological Innovation of the Madrid Regional Government for the PERTE-CHIP.
