# AI Risks: Surveillance, Autonomous Weapons and Loss of Control

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2059968874473222544
- Source account: [@ProudSocialist](https://x.com/ProudSocialist)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:02
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control) It is already being used by authoritarian governments for massive surveillance and by cyber criminals for phishing attacks.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=8) In the near future, AI may be used to create terrible new viruses and horrendous lethal weapons that decide by themselves who to kill or maim.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=19) All of these short-term risks require urgent and forceful attention from governments and international organizations.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=27) There is also a longer-term existential threat that will arise when we create digital beings that are more intelligent than ourselves.

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=37) We have no idea whether we can stay in control, but we now have evidence that if they are created by companies motivated by short-term profits, our safety will not be the top priority.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=50) We urgently need research on how to prevent these new beings from wanting to take control.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/kVJAYl855N7d/en/ai-risks-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-and-loss-of-control?t=57) They are no longer science fiction. Thank you.