More than 350 industry leaders, academics and engineers have endorsed a brief statement to call attention to the most extreme risk posed by artificial intelligence
A group of top artificial intelligence researchers and executives have warned that reducing the “risk of extinction” from AI should be treated as seriously as pandemic preparedness and preventing nuclear war.
Indeed, the notion that AI models will some day be powerful enough to outwit humans, run amok or otherwise wreak havoc on humanity can be a divisive one. Some experts believe the technology is still far too underdeveloped and that such scenarios are highly unlikely. Since then, Dr. Hinton has given interviews to media around the world about how quickly AI models, particularly those that can generate text and images, have advanced in recent months, warning of the potential threats they pose as they become more powerful. “There are no simple solutions that I can see,” he said. “With climate change, there’s fairly simple solutions. They’re unpalatable, like stop burning carbon, but they would work. With this, it’s not so obvious what would work.
Some criticized that letter for missing the mark. The Distributed AI Research Institute , a U.S. non-profit, published a response saying the “hypothetical risks” raised in the letter amounted to “fearmongering and AI hype.” Regulators should be more concerned with ensuring the transparency of AI models and limiting the concentration of power among a few tech giants, the DAIR researchers noted.
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