Sam Altman spells out why the AI industry wants to slow down
But, he added, "When we talk about "pacing", we do not mean "stopping". Progress has been rapid and will continue to be.""Pacing will be well worth this cost; no amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness, or let capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring," he concluded."Where we will need the help of our government is for international coordination. But first we should do what we can ourselves."
- ▪But, he added, "When we talk about "pacing", we do not mean "stopping".
- ▪Progress has been rapid and will continue to be.""Pacing will be well worth this cost; no amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness, or let capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring," he concluded."Where w
- ▪But first we should do what we can ourselves."
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Many AI safety fears revolve around models developing the ability to improve their own performance, a technique known as recursive self-improvement, or RSI."Since roughly this summer, AI has been advancing drastically faster, driven primarily by AI's growing ability to build the next generation of AI," said Amodei in his essay. "Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all."Amodei proposed a three-step plan aimed at tempering the pace of development without "sacrificing commercial advantage or the United States' lead in AI." The plan involves each frontier AI company giving "employee-like access" to external evaluators — which he said Anthropic was committing to now.
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