Anthropic says the world should have option to ‘pause’ on AI
by Aisha Down from on (#764JA)
US firm says it will convene policymakers for discussion of dangers, in post detailing progress of its Claude model
Anthropic has floated the idea of a worldwide temporary pause" on AI development - and said it was going to convene policymakers" to discuss the dangers of advanced AI - in its latest release touting the capabilities of its products.
In a long post on Thursday, Anthropic detailed the progress of its AI model, Claude, towards recursive self-improvement" - that is, being able to make better and more powerful versions of itself. Recursive self-improvement is a bugbear of AI safety researchers, viewed as the key step for AI to become superintelligent and therefore unleash widespread consequences on humanity.
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