Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns uncontrolled AI could create a silicon species competing with humans

Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, warned in a BBC interview that without safeguards, AI could evolve into a new silicon species competing with humans for resources. He criticized rival Anthropic for treating AI as conscious, a practice he called wrong. Suleyman emphasized that AI is not conscious and lacks feelings or motivations. He called for transparency and alignment with human values. Microsoft published a draft code of conduct for a humanistic AI, proposing a superintelligence that works for people and remains under human control. The debate over AI autonomy is dividing the industry.