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Fearing “Loss of Control,” AI Critics Call for 6-Month Pause in AI Development

posted by janrinok on Monday April 03 2023, @04:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the ai-overlord dept.

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/fearing-loss-of-control-ai-critics-call-for-6-month-pause-in-ai-development/

On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter on its website calling on AI labs to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4." Signed by Elon Musk and several prominent AI researchers, the letter quickly began to draw attention in the press—and some criticism on social media.

Earlier this month, OpenAI released GPT-4, an AI model that can perform compositional tasks and allegedly pass standardized tests at a human level, although those claims are still being evaluated by research. Regardless, GPT-4 and Bing Chat's advancement in capabilities over previous AI models spooked some experts who believe we are heading toward super-intelligent AI systems faster than previously expected.

See Also: FTC Should Stop OpenAI From Launching New GPT Models, Says AI Policy Group

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2023, @06:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2023, @06:53PM (#1299576)

    Select all phrases that include a pun:
          * You can have fun on the weak days but not on the weakened
          * Fruit flies like a banana
          *
          *
          * Profit?

    I wonder how the so-called "AIs" would do on that?

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