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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter [futureoflife.org] 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 [arstechnica.com]." Signed by Elon Musk and several prominent AI researchers, the letter quickly began to draw attention [reuters.com] in the press—and some criticism [twitter.com] on social media.

Earlier this month, OpenAI released GPT-4 [arstechnica.com], 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 [arstechnica.com] advancement in capabilities over previous AI models spooked some experts [arstechnica.com] who believe we are heading toward super-intelligent AI systems faster than previously expected.

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