AI may become one of the most important technologies shaping the future of sentient life. It could transform medicine, scientific research, economic productivity, and more. It could even reshape the kinds of minds that exist and the experiences they are capable of having.

AI could help us substantially reduce suffering. But it could also increase suffering, potentially even on astronomical scales, by enabling new forms of misuse, intensifying conflict, amplifying harmful institutions, concentrating political or economic power, or accelerating dangerous technologies. [...]