Many top business leaders are seriously worried that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity in the not-too-distant future.
42% of CEOs surveyed at the
Yale CEO Summit this week say AI has the potential to destroy humanity five to ten years from now, according to survey results shared exclusively with
CNN.
“It’s pretty dark and alarming,”
Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said in a phone interview, referring to the findings.
The survey, conducted at a virtual event held by Sonnenfeld’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute, found little consensus about the risks and opportunities linked to AI.
Sonnenfeld said the survey included responses from
119 CEOs from a cross-section of business, including
Walmart CEO Doug McMillion, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincy, the leaders of IT companies like
Xerox and
Zoom as well as
CEOs from pharmaceutical, media and manufacturing.