Generative AI and how to regulate the tech dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies
and won't — change health care Katyanna Quach / The Register : Energy breakthrough needed to build AGI, says OpenAI boss Altman Andrea Rizzi / El País : Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta: ‘Human-...
Q&A with Yoshua Bengio on nuance in headlines about AI, taboos among AI researchers, and why top researchers may disagree about AI's potential risks to humanity
Susan D'Agostino / Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists : X: @bulletinatomic , @susan_dagostino , @aisafetyfirst , and @flixrisk LinkedIn: Prakash Hebalkar , Michael Robbins , and Steve Johnson Forums: ...
How Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy is pushing policymakers to focus on AI's long-term risks by funding salaries of staff in Congress and federal agencies
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington - POLITICO … Kim Perales / @KimPerales@toad.social : Corrupt, self-serving, & dangerous #AI tech titans are influencing MOC. Horiz...
A profile of, and interview with, Max Tegmark, who co-founded the Elon Musk-backed Future of Life Institute and says AI may be an existential threat to humanity
Emily Bobrow / Wall Street Journal : X: @drtechlash , @ainnovationai , @_luciavelasco , @sharongoldman , @wsj , @danakst , and @emilybobrow X: Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD / @drtechlash : Step 1: Talk abou...
A look at the recent debates in the AI industry over existential risks, as what were once considered extreme views have now become mainstream talking points
“Ghost stories are contagious.” — Who's afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems.
OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority”
and says computer scientists need ethics training Brian Fung / CNN : AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk Alka Jain / Livemint : Industry leaders warn ‘AI poses risk...
A case for slowing down AI over bias and future existential risks, despite its alleged inevitability, the AI arms race with China, and safety by experimentation
Sigal Samuel / Vox : Tweets: @sigalsamuel , @upfromthecracks , and @maosbot Tweets: Sigal Samuel / @sigalsamuel : The AI race has gone berserk. We need to SLOW DOWN. “No!” I hear some people say. “We...