AI leaders sign an open letter to openly acknowledge the dangers of AI

In March, an open letter led by tech industry experts called for a halt to the development of advanced AI models over fears that the technology could pose “profound risks to society and humanity”.

This week, a statement Sponsored by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the “godfather” of AI Geoffrey Hinton, and others, the effort seeks to reduce the risk of extinction to humanity by AI. The statement’s preamble encourages industry leaders to openly discuss AI’s most serious threats.

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According to the statement, the risk of AI to humanity is so serious that it can be compared to a global pandemic and nuclear war. Other co-signers are researchers at Google DeepMind, Kevin Scott, chief technology officer at Microsoft, and internet security pioneer Bruce Schneier.

Today’s Large Language Models (LLMs) popularized by Altman’s ChatGPT cannot yet achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). However, industry leaders are concerned about the LL.M. progressing to that point. AGI is a concept that defines an artificially intelligent creature that can equal or exceed human intelligence.

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AGI is a feat that OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic aspire to one day. But each company recognizes that if their technologies achieve AGI, it can have significant consequences.

In his testimony before Congress earlier this month, Altman said that his greatest fear is that AI “does significant harm to the world,” and that harm could come in a number of ways.

A few weeks ago, Hinton abruptly resigned from his position at Google working on neural networks, CNN is telling He is “just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us.”