Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like
Everyone I speak to says that even if their company pauses, others will not and they will just get left behind. It reminds me of the height of the campaign for nuclear disarmament. The problem then too was that nobody wanted to go first.There is also the question of how on earth a slowdown would be enforced.
- ▪Everyone I speak to says that even if their company pauses, others will not and they will just get left behind.
- ▪It reminds me of the height of the campaign for nuclear disarmament.
- ▪The problem then too was that nobody wanted to go first.There is also the question of how on earth a slowdown would be enforced.
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Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look likeImage source, ReutersByZoe KleinmanTechnology editorPublished1 minute agoThere has been no shortage of warnings from AI's top bosses about existential threats over the years.I attended the world's first AI safety summit in Bletchley Park in November 2023 where the focus was on the most serious threats imaginable, posed by the most powerful AI models.At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams.
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