In March this year, Elon Musk called for a moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence technology, and signed an open letter with hundreds of celebrities in scientific and technological circles, reminding people to be vigilant against the possible consequences of advanced artificial intelligence. Dangerous, causing a stir in the industry. Musk recently revealed that at first, he didn’t think anyone would actually heed the call.
“I don’t think anyone is really going to agree to a pause, but I want to, as a reminder, also say, ‘I think we should pause’,” Elon Musk said at the VivaTech summit in France.
Of course, the other signatories of the open letter, as well as critics of artificial intelligence, take the content of this letter seriously. The open letter warns of dire consequences for advanced artificial intelligence and calls for a six-month moratorium on the development of anything more advanced than GPT-4 chatbots.
But critics also include well-known figures such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, and even the “godfather of artificial intelligence” Geoffrey Hinton. Hinton, who left Google this year, has also sounded the alarm about a technology he once worked so hard on.
Geoffrey Hinton, like others, sees no point in calling for a moratorium on AI development.
“This is a matter of collective action,” Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said of the open letter on a podcast in March. He said those behind the letter were “probably trying to spark a discussion”.
Aidan Gomez, chief executive of artificial intelligence startup Cohere, also said this week that the call was “unlikely to happen.” He added: “Spending all our time debating whether humanity will go extinct because superintelligence takes over the world is a complete waste of time and public thought space.”
But Elon Musk also said at the VivaTech technology summit in France, “For the first time in history, there will be something smarter than humans, smarter than the smartest humans.” He warned that if humans do not “carefully develop general-purpose Artificial intelligence”, “could have catastrophic consequences”.
Elon Musk reiterated his call for strong regulation of artificial intelligence technology, saying advanced artificial intelligence “has risks to the general public.” He also said that AI is more likely to have a positive impact, but “that’s not all possible outcomes, so we need to minimize the chances of error.”
Elon Musk added that if there is “some form of AI doomsday,” he still hopes to live to see it. (Chenchen)
