https://www.oann.com/newsroom/elon-musk-and-top-tech-execs-call-for-the-pause-of-ai-development/

OAN Roy Francis
UPDATED 10:35 AM – Wednesday, March 29, 2023

A number of tech leaders and well-known Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers, along with Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have signed a letter calling on AI labs around the world to pause the development of large AI systems.

 

The letter, signed by more than 1,000 people including Musk, called for AI developers to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.”

The letter, published by the Future of Life Institute, citied fears over the “profound risks to society and humanity.” It also warned that at the current stage, no one can “understand, predict, or reliably control” the new tools being developed in the AI labs.

The Future of Life Institute also notes that AI labs are locked in an “out-of-control race” to develop new systems “that no one — not even their creators — can understand, predict, or reliably control.”

“Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4,” the letter said. “This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.”

Tech experts who had signed the letter said that safety protocols need to be developed by independent parties to guide the future of the systems that are being developed.

“AI labs and independent experts should use this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared safety protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts,” the letter states. “In parallel, AI developers must work with policymakers to dramatically accelerate development of robust AI governance systems.”

The letter also noted that OpenAI, the company who had developed ChatGPT, has also expressed the need for “independent review” of future systems to ensure that the safety standards are being met.

Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, among others, signed a petition to pause all AI development for 6 months, until we figure out how we can regulate it.

Check the highlights in the first photo to see how serious things are at the moment. pic.twitter.com/IfbEyf3tW1

— Leo Alexandru (@theleoalexandru) March 29, 2023

Signatories of the letter include Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque, author Yuval Noah Harari, politician Andrew Yang, as well as researchers at Alphabet-owned DeepMind and a host of other tech leaders.

This is one of the biggest concerns right now.

Elon is 100% correct.

The same guy that’s implanting microchips in chimp’s brain in preparation for human trials. 

Edited March 29, 20232 yr by spin_dry

Fuck it! Let the robots turn on us just as we slide all the way into idiocracy. Don’t need WWIII or a meteor 

3 minutes ago, Skidooski said:

Fuck it! Let the robots turn on us just as we slide all the way into idiocracy. Don’t need WWIII or a meteor 

Neither....we need Sarah and John Connor. 

3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Neither....we need Sarah and John Connor. 

Definitely not Will Smith

14 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Neither....we need Sarah and John Connor. 

Cyberdyne Systems ... it's just a matter of time!

Too late

What is a 6 month pause going to achieve?  Some sort of miracle world-wide agreement not to create AI that will kill all humans on the planet?  An agreement that wouldn't be followed by a single solitary government of our enemies.

If there are advanced aliens out there, wonder how they navigated AI without letting it destroy them.

12 minutes ago, akvanden said:

If there are advanced aliens out there, wonder how they navigated AI without letting it destroy them.

Swoosh.

When the people developing the tech are warning you, maybe you should listen?

 

37 minutes ago, akvanden said:

If there are advanced aliens out there, wonder how they navigated AI without letting it destroy them.

They must be a lot smarter than us dumbass humans. 

12 minutes ago, Skidooski said:

They must be a lot smarter than us dumbass humans. 

Maybe they gave us AI? You don’t think for a minute that if they wanted this world free of humans it would be like Independence Day? 

47 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Swoosh.

When the people developing the tech are warning you, maybe you should listen?

 

That was a honest question - any advanced civilization would have to deal with it at some point. I’m very much concerned about what AI could turn into someday if left unchecked. 

2 hours ago, spin_dry said:

The same guy that’s implanting microchips in chimp’s brain in preparation for human trials. 

One of the reasons he’s stated they’re developing this is to level the playing field with AI, so that we might stand a chance.

Edited March 29, 20232 yr by akvanden

18 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

Maybe they gave us AI? You don’t think for a minute that if they wanted this world free of humans it would be like Independence Day? 

Either way they are waaay smarter then us

40 minutes ago, akvanden said:

That was a honest question - any advanced civilization would have to deal with it at some point. I’m very much concerned about what AI could turn into someday if left unchecked. 

That's what Elon is saying.

He gave 100m to the Chatgdp in hopes it would be developed open source and then Bill Gates comes in with exclusive wants.

See the problem.

28 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

That's what Elon is saying.

He gave 100m to the Chatgdp in hopes it would be developed open source and then Bill Gates comes in with exclusive wants.

See the problem.

He’s so evil.

 

You’re like FS very own version of ChatGPT, but version 1.0. Great at finding info, but super inaccurate. 
 

22 minutes ago, akvanden said:

He’s so evil.

 

You’re like FS very own version of ChatGPT, but version 1.0. Great at finding info, but super inaccurate. 
 

Elon is correct.

2 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Elon is correct.

Yes, I agree with his concern.

 

And also, you and I are in agreement. What a glorious day.

In the near term it's not really advanced AI weapons that is concern, although it will become one, it is the huge and immediate economic impact that will be felt by millions of workers that are suddenly replaced by AI systems.  One simple example are paralegals and those that write and transcribe legal documents all day.  Tedious work but it pays well and it was stated that something like 300,000 paralegals could be out of a job in an instant.  Literally millions of office staff that receive calls and provide phone based support to customers could easily be replaced by the technology and the list is pretty long.

Going to be a bit before we see robots performing precise manual tasks but once it's there the impact will be swift and real for people trying to earn a living and support their families.  Why I think a 6 month pause is stupid is because this technology should have been far more tightly controlled years ago.  Like any technology that is a threat to not only our economy but the world economy it should be treated just like any military tech that you don't want in the hands of evil bastards except our own government is full of evil bastards these days.  It's clear that the train has already left the station and now these same people responsible are suddenly in crisis mode.  More should have been done long before we ever got to this point.

 

If a robot can do better then a human why try to stifle better?

8 hours ago, BOHICA said:

If a robot can do better then a human why try to stifle better?

Because our economy is not setup to account for robots replacing working wage earning humans in the millions.  The issue is a lot of people can be directly replaced only with an AI based service - no robot needed - and huge swaths of humans are suddenly unemployed.  This is not going to be gradual it will be nearly instantaneous which is why there is cause for alarm.

If you are an employer competing in a market and your competitor can lay off an entire staff of humans just by signing up for a service everyone would have to do the same in order to stay competitive.  It would be a tidal wave of layoff's.  

 

 

All of a sudden robots taking over is a bad thing because it's paper pusher jobs, how many manufacturing jobs went away with automation?

14 hours ago, jdsky said:

In the near term it's not really advanced AI weapons that is concern, although it will become one, it is the huge and immediate economic impact that will be felt by millions of workers that are suddenly replaced by AI systems.  One simple example are paralegals and those that write and transcribe legal documents all day.  Tedious work but it pays well and it was stated that something like 300,000 paralegals could be out of a job in an instant.  Literally millions of office staff that receive calls and provide phone based support to customers could easily be replaced by the technology and the list is pretty long.

Going to be a bit before we see robots performing precise manual tasks but once it's there the impact will be swift and real for people trying to earn a living and support their families.  Why I think a 6 month pause is stupid is because this technology should have been far more tightly controlled years ago.  Like any technology that is a threat to not only our economy but the world economy it should be treated just like any military tech that you don't want in the hands of evil bastards except our own government is full of evil bastards these days.  It's clear that the train has already left the station and now these same people responsible are suddenly in crisis mode.  More should have been done long before we ever got to this point.

 

Insurance companies and healthcare orgs will be replacing MD’s and ANP’s with AI for many healthcare encounters. The gears are already in motion. The profit margins will increase dramatically when clinical interviews and triage is done with AI over a real person. Consumers won’t see the a cost reduction though. 

10 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

Insurance companies and healthcare orgs will be replacing MD’s and ANP’s with AI for many healthcare encounters. The gears are already in motion. The profit margins will increase dramatically when clinical interviews and triage is done with AI over a real person. Consumers won’t see the a cost reduction though. 

They are already doing that with hospital admins now with patient care.