Some of the world’s top AI scientists and contributors have jointly signed a brief but ominous warning about the ‘urgent risks’ that loom as AI technologies gain a stronger foothold.
Some of the world’s top AI scientists and contributors have jointly signed a brief but ominous warning about the “urgent risks” that loom as artificial intelligence technologies gain a stronger foothold, including the “risk of extinction” (presumably to flesh and blood humans). Among those who signed the startling statement are OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.There are actually quite a few signatures from individuals at OpenAI, which is behind ChatGPT, including co-founders John Schulman and Ilya Sutskever, along with the firm’s head of policy research, Miles Brundage, and governance lead, Jade Leung.”Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the succinct statement reads.This isn’t the first time that top AI experts banded together to issue a warning. Just two months ago, an open letter signed by Tesla founder Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, and others called for a temporary halt on AI experiments.
