Eric Xing
Computer scientist Eric Xing, president of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and Carnegie Mellon machine learning professor
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Sep 16, 2026
Dominic ChuHOST
The debate, is it a legitimate one? Should we be concerned that this is the origin story of Skynet playing out in real time?
Eric XingGUEST
Well, of course, we need to be concerned about safety issues from any sources, including AI.
Eric XingGUEST
But on the other hand, when we talk about threat to humanity, we need to be a little more rigorous.
Eric XingGUEST
For example, we can say that one day the sun will run out of its fuel and extinct.
Eric XingGUEST
But there should come with a probability and also the lifespan, the time taken to get there.
Eric XingGUEST
There is always a trade-off between the cost, the missed opportunity, and also the risk that you actually substantially experience.
Eric XingGUEST
In this particular case, I'm with Jensen and with Mark because I think AI is not developing fast enough.
Dominic ChuHOST
How much do you feel as though that open model is going to act as an effective self-regulatory mechanism for the development of AI going forward?