"Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter"

[engine]

Clearly, some senior figures are spooked by the apparent rapid development of these experiments. Some of the senior figures include, Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk,

AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research[1] and acknowledged by top AI labs.[2] As stated in the widely-endorsed Asilomar AI Principles, Advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and should be planned for and managed with commensurate care and resources. Unfortunately, this level of planning and management is not happening, even though recent months have seen AI labs locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control.

Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.

[futureoflife.org...]

[not2easy]

I think a discussion of the possibilities both positive and negative is a good place to start. Too many opportunities for mischief left open. Sort of impossible to put it back in the box with such wide appeal for the 'magic'? Yes, I think it needs a basic framework before wide acceptance.

[engine]

When these senior figures call for attention on this I hope those involved decide to get together to look at the big picture.

[tangor]

The explosion of uptake and very little prior testing is resulting is some rather unfortunate results, both for users and society as well.

Anything this big, this new, this different will certainly make an impact, some good, some bad, some very unexpected.

[superclown2]

It can't be dis-invented and it is naive for 'senior figures' to ask for a halt to development (unless of course they have their own agendum). It is here and we might as well all get used to it, and work out how to benefit from it.

[tangor]

Some of us might be out of work. :(

Future predictions indicate that AI might kill 400-800 million jobs worldwide. (various reports which most are hyperbole I suspect)

But something to think about!

[superclown2]

Future predictions indicate that AI might kill 400-800 million jobs worldwide.

That's what our Luddites thought here in the UK when they smashed up textile machinery. In fact Britain became the world's biggest producer of textiles and clothing prices nosedived.

I look forward to our UK government announcing massive investment in AI :-)