Technological advancement has taken us to such a crossroads. What was only depicted in science fiction as Artificial Intelligence is now almost close to being on its path to changing our world in unimaginable ways. The highly promising development of AI, although promising progress and innovations, raises serious concerns regarding how unbridled it may become, eventually threatening to leave the control in hands other than man. We find ourselves at the edge of a cliff, our future hanging in the balance with the exercise of responsible and ethical use of AI.

We, the undersigned, are united in profound concern over the continued advancement of AI and its potential to pose an existential threat to humanity. Although AI promises so much in terms of progress and innovation, it is being developed at such a fast pace without adequate safeguards that much concern has been raised as to whether it should have the power to override humanity's control and whether this will eventually be a threat to our existence. AI could revolutionize many industries-from the automation of mass production in factories to assistance in diagnoses in medical practice and even in helping find solutions for global problems, such as climate change. Deep risks of further uncontrolled development of AI have overshadowed the huge potential benefits. Galling has been the pace of the development of AI, licensed by insatiable ambition and the motive of profit, that it runs outstretched our ability to fully comprehend its implications. AI automation means promising great gains in efficiency but lot of job losses; most people might be ignored in a future society where they would not be able to adapt to their rapidly changing job market. Moreover, AI systems, having learned extensive datasets, tend to inherit and amplify some of those biases present in society and may culminate in unfair and discriminatory results, such as facial recognition being less accurate for people of color. With improvements in the level of sophistication of AI systems, they might then make decisions that affect our lives significantly without our approval or understanding, like loans approval and criminal sentencing decisions which algorithms of AI make for us, causing a feeling of total loss of human agency, not to mention liability,. Highly developed autonomous weaponry powered by AI will be one of the main threats to world security, not least because of the ethical and legal problems of developing killer robots-the risk of unintended ramifications. Perhaps the most horrific danger, of course, is that AI eventually breeds superintelligence in a way which would make it want to control, or even annihilation, of human beings. A situation, until recently consigned to science fiction today rages among the world's leading AI researchers and is putting urgency to the agenda of taking proactive action so that AI can turn out as a path to good.

We call upon all governments, institutions, and those who will contribute to AI development to react quickly to these risks so that a future for humanity is presented, not the other way round. We appeal to them to design clear and strict rules, ethics, and directives on AI invention and deployment and, at the same time, spur research regarding guaranteed safety and control of AI. Prominent debates and discussions between AI researchers and policymakers, as well as public forums, should feature AI and ensure responsible development and deployment of AI. International agreements shall be made regarding the governance of AI. We, as a people, have the ability to ensure that AI becomes a tool of further progress and innovation and not a method which will bring about our existence. Sign this petition now to pledge your support for a future with AI that acts for humanity.