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.
