United Kingdom, Jan. 5 -- An expert has warned that the world "may not have time" to prepare for the safety risks posed by cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI).

David Dalrymple, a programme director and AI safety expert at the UK Government's Aria agency, believes that people should be alarmed about the technology's expanding capabilities.

He told The Guardian: "I think we should be concerned about systems that can perform all of the functions that humans perform to get things done in the world, but better.

"Because we will be outcompeted in all of the domains that we need to be dominant in, in order to maintain control of our civilisation, society and planet."

Dalrymple feels that there is a gap in understanding between the publ...