Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’
by James Vincent from The Verge - All Posts on (#6A9NY)
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A number of well-known AI researchers - and Elon Musk - have signed an open letter calling on AI labs around the world to pause development of large-scale AI systems, citing fears over the profound risks to society and humanity" they claim this software poses.
The letter, published by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, notes that AI labs are currently locked in an out-of-control race" to develop and deploy machine learning systems that no one - not even their creators - can understand, predict, or reliably control."
We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4."
Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of...