‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself

Anthropic's chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial intelligence explosion' - or be the moment humans lose control

Humanity will have to decide by 2030 whether to take the ultimate risk" of letting artificial intelligence systems train themselves to become more powerful, one of the world's leading AI scientists has said.

Jared Kaplan, the chief scientist and co-owner of the $180bn (135bn) US startup Anthropic, said a choice was looming about how much autonomy the systems should be given to evolve.