AI could read and reason as well as humans—yet work with the precision and patience and massive computational resources of modern computer systems—science and technology might accelerate rapidly, with huge implications for medicine and the environment and more.

Companies must make principles like transparency, accountability, and human oversight central to their technology. Researchers need support and incentives to prioritize beneficial AI alongside raw capability gains. And governments need to enact sensible regulations to ensure public interest prevails over a profit motive.