In a particular tackle on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, Guterres warned that the fast growth of AI may lead to “critical unintended penalties.”

“It is good to be again and see Davos highlighting the worldwide disaster in belief,” Guterres stated in his opening remarks.

“I imagine this disaster is the direct results of a paradox going through our world. Within the face of [a] sequence of existential threats, posed by runaway local weather chaos and the runaway growth of synthetic intelligence with out guardrails, we appear powerless to behave collectively,” he added.

“Rebuilding Belief” is the overarching theme of the annual WEF assembly. WEF says this yr’s Davos program embodies a “again to fundamentals” spirit of open and constructive dialogue between policymakers, enterprise leaders and civil society, with AI rising as a serious matter of debate.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday stated that he believes there’s a want for world coordination on AI and for settlement on a set of requirements and acceptable guardrails for the expertise.

The U.S. tech large is a serious participant within the race to develop AI, pouring billions of {dollars} into OpenAI, the agency behind the favored chatbot ChatGPT.

“Each new interplay of generative AI will increase the chance of significant unintended penalties. The expertise has huge potential for sustainable growth, however because the Worldwide Financial Fund has simply warned us, it is vitally possible it should worsen inequality on this planet,” Guterres stated.

The IMF stated in a report out Sunday that just about 40% of jobs internationally may very well be affected by the rise of AI. It additionally warned that the potential impression of the expertise on the worldwide labor market is more likely to worsen total inequality typically.

“Some highly effective tech firms are already pursuing earnings with a transparent disregard for human rights, private privateness and social impression. That is no secret,” Guterres stated, with out naming any particular companies.

“These two points, local weather and AI, are exhaustively mentioned by governments, by the media and by leaders right here in Davos. And but, we’ve got not an efficient world technique to take care of both,” he stated.

“The reason being easy, geopolitical divides are stopping us from coming collectively round world options for world challenges. Little surprise that folks in every single place are dropping face in governments, establishments and monetary and financial techniques.”

— CNBC’s Ryan Browne contributed to this report.