Dolly Parton isn't interested in living on through artificial intelligence. The "Jolene" singer was asked about AI technology during a press conference in London where she appeared to promote her upcoming album "Rockstar." "I think I've left a great body of work behind," Parton said, adding she doesn't know how "they'll keep me around." She went on to say that she hopes albums like "Rockstar" will preserve her everlasting legacy, and that she'll "have to decide on how much of that high-tech stuff I want to be involved in because I don't want to leave my soul here on this Earth." With a laugh, Parton said she feels like with that kind of technology she'd be "grounded here forever, so when I'm gone I want to fly with it." "But I'll be around, we'll find ways to keep me here," she said reassuringly, going on to thank the person who asked her the question and saying, "I'm glad to know you still want me around." For the time being, at least, Parton isn't going anywhere. The country music star is set to release her hotly-anticipated album "Rockstar," marking her first-ever rock and roll record featuring collaborations with music legends such as Sir Paul McCartney, Elton John and Stevie Nicks. The album also features collaborations with her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, Lizzo and Pink. Video below: Dolly Parton now holds 10 Guinness World RecordsParton's foray into the rock genre comes after she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 after initially opting to "respectfully bow out," saying in a statement on her Instagram at the time that she didn't feel she'd "earned that right.""Rockstar" will be released globally on Nov. 17.

For almost 50 years, James Earl Jones has voiced one of the greatest cinematic villains of our time.

Although the time for the 91-year-old to step away from the role of Darth Vader, the central antagonist in the "Star Wars" franchise, has come, his iconic voice will still live on thanks to artificial intelligence.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Star Wars sound supervising editor Matthew Wood said Jones signed off on using his archival voice recordings for many years to come for future Lucasfilm projects.

Vanity Fair reported that the Ukrainian start-up at Respeecher was tasked to make the character sound like Jones did 45 years ago in the recent Disney+ miniseries “Obi-Wan Kenobi."

Using artificial intelligence synthetic speech technology, and with the help of Jones, they were able to accomplish just that, the media outlet reported.

CNN reported that Jones' voice was first heard in "A New Hope," although he wasn't credited for the role.

Wood said Jones' family was pleased with the work result, the media outlet reported.

Many top business leaders are seriously worried that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity in the not-too-distant future.

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Forty-two percent of CEOs surveyed at the Yale CEO Summit this week say AI has the potential to destroy humanity five to 10 years from now, according to survey results shared exclusively with CNN.

"It's pretty dark and alarming," Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said in a phone interview, referring to the findings.

The survey, conducted at a virtual event held by Sonnenfeld's Chief Executive Leadership Institute, found little consensus about the risks and opportunities linked to AI.

Sonnenfeld said the survey included responses from 119 CEOs from a cross-section of business, including Walmart CEO Doug McMillion, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincy, the leaders of IT companies like Xerox and Zoom as well as CEOs from pharmaceutical, media and manufacturing.

The business leaders displayed a sharp divide over just how dangerous AI is to civilization.

While 34% of CEOs said AI could potentially destroy humanity in 10 years and 8% said that could happen in five years, 58% said that could never happen and they are "not worried."

In a separate question, Yale found that 42% of the CEOs surveyed say the potential catastrophe of AI is overstated, while 58% say it is not overstated.

The findings come just weeks after dozens of AI industry leaders, academics and even some celebrities signed a statement warning of an "extinction" risk from AI.

That statement, signed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI” and top executives from Google and Microsoft, called for society to take steps to guard against the dangers of AI.

“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the statement said.

Blowing the whistle on AI

Hinton recently decided to sound the alarm on the technology he helped develop after worrying about just how intelligent it has become.

"I'm just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us," Hinton told CNN’s Jake Tapper in May. "I want to sort of blow the whistle and say we should worry seriously about how we stop these things getting control over us."

Hinton told CNN that if AI "gets to be much smarter than us, it will be very good at manipulation,” including “getting around restrictions we put on it."

While business leaders debate the dangers of AI, the CEOs surveyed by Yale displayed a degree of agreement about the rewards.

Just 13% of the CEOs said the potential opportunity of AI is overstated, while 87% said it is not.

The CEOs indicated AI will have the most transformative impact in three key industries: healthcare (48%), professional services/IT (35%) and media/digital (11%).

As some inside and outside the tech world debate doomsday scenarios around AI, there are likely to be more immediate impacts, including the risks of misinformation and the loss of jobs.

‘Talking past each other’

Sonnenfeld, the Yale management guru, told CNN business leaders to break down into five distinct camps when it comes to AI.

The first group, as described by Sonnenfeld, includes "curious creators" who are "naïve believers" who argue everything you can do, you should do.

"They are like Robert Oppenheimer, before the bomb," Sonnenfeld said, referring to the American physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."

Then there are the "euphoric true believers" who only see the good in technology, Sonnenfeld said.

Noting the AI boom set off by the popularity of ChatGPT and other new tools, Sonnenfeld described "commercial profiteers" who are enthusiastically seeking to cash in on the new technology. "They don't know what they’re doing, but they're racing into it," he said.

Then there are the two camps pushing for an AI crackdown of sorts: alarmist activists and global governance advocates.

"These five groups are all talking past each other, with righteous indignation," Sonnenfeld said.

The lack of consensus around how to approach AI underscores how even captains of industry are still trying to wrap their heads around the risks and rewards of what could be a real game-changer for society.