Musk, experts urge pause on AI systems, citing ‘risks to society’:- Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives called for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4 in an open letter, citing potential risks to society and humanity. has called for.
The letter, released by the non-profit Future of Life Institute and signed by more than 1,000 people including Musk, called for a pause on advanced AI development until shared security protocols for such designs are developed, implemented, and independent. Not audited by experts.
“Powerful AI systems should only be developed if we are confident that their impact will be positive and their risks manageable,” the letter said.
The letter detailed the potential risks posed by human-competing AI systems to society and civilization in the form of economic and political disruptions and called on developers to work with policymakers on governance and regulatory authorities.
Co-signers include Emad Mostaq, CEO of Stability AI, researchers at Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) DeepMind, as well as AI veterans Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell.
According to the European Union’s Transparency Register, the Future of Life Institute is primarily funded by the Musk Foundation as well as London-based influential philanthropy groups Founders Pledge and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
European Union police force Europol on Monday joined a chorus of ethical and legal concerns over advanced AI such as ChatGPT, warning about phishing attempts, disinformation and the potential misuse of the system in cybercrime.
Meanwhile, the UK government unveiled proposals for an “adaptable” regulatory framework around AI.
The government’s approach, outlined in a policy paper published on Wednesday, would split responsibility for controlling artificial intelligence (AI) between its regulators for human rights, health, and safety, and competition, instead dedicating it to the technology itself. to create a new entity.
Musk, whose carmaker Tesla (TSLA.O) is using AI for an autopilot system, has been vocal about his concerns about AI.
Since its release last year, Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT has inspired rivals to accelerate the development of similar big language models, and companies to integrate generative AI models into their products.
A spokesperson for Future of Life told Reuters that Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, did not sign the letter. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gary Marcus, a professor at New York University who signed the letter, said, “The letter isn’t perfect, but the sentiment is right: We need to go slow until we better understand the impact.”
“They can cause serious harm … The big players are becoming increasingly secretive about what they’re doing, making it difficult for society to defend against any harm.”
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“Musk, experts urge pause on AI systems, citing ‘risks to society”
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Information Source:- https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-ai-systems-that-can-outperform-gpt-4-2023-03-29/