March 29, 202319:25
The alarm is raised by the owner of Tesla with another 1,000 researchers and managers who, in an open letter, ask for a stop or a moratorium from governments to avoid the dreaded “Terminator scenario”
L’artificial intelligence it poses “profound risks for society and humanity” and for this reason a “pause” of at least six months in the training of the more advanced systems would be needed. To sound the alarm is Elon Musk with another 1,000 researchers and managers who, in an open letter, they ask for a stop or a moratorium by governments to avoid the dreaded “scenario Terminator” and allow for the development of shared security protocols.
The signatories of the letter-appeal The letter, published by the non-profit Future of Life Institute, boasts excellent signatures and is therefore taken very seriously. It is signed by the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, but also those of Pinterest and Skype, as well as the founders of the artificial intelligence start-ups Stability AI and Charatcters.ai.
Targeted investments by Musk But obviously among the signatories the name of the Tesla patron stands out who aspires to improve the brain with Neuralink after having contributed to transforming the space industry with SpaceX and revolutionizing the car industry, already paving the way for electric cars more than a decade ago that drive themselves. A tech fanatic, Musk has invested in artificial intelligence companies and was also on the board of OpenAI, the industry giant on which Microsoft has bet billions of dollars. Investments, as explained several times by Musk himself, which were made “not to earn” but “to keep up with the times” and therefore to learn about these technologies.
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“Runway to Development” In the crosshairs of the big names there is not all artificial intelligence but the most advanced systems of GPT-4, the OpenAI chatbot capable of telling jokes and easily passing exams such as the one to become a lawyer. “Powerful AI systems should be developed only when there is confidence that their effects will be positive and their risks manageable”, reads the letter, which speaks of a “runaway race to develop and deploy powerful digital minds that no one, not even their creators, can understand, predict and control”.
Averting “Terminator Effect” A race which, if not stopped, risks making the sci-fi “Skynet” protagonist of James Cameron’s Terminator cycle films and his decision to destroy humanity come true. Or, to get these powerful systems into the wrong hands with possibly devastating consequences. Beijing – warned Senator Mike Gallagher at the head of the US House committee on China – sees artificial intelligence as a “tool or weapon to perfect its techno-totalitarian Orwellian surveillance”.
Church a six-month break Precisely the fear of catastrophic consequences prompted the big hi-tech companies to ask for a six-month break to be used for the “joint development and implementation of shared protocols” that ensure the “security” of systems “beyond any reasonable doubt”, the letter continues, which invites AI laboratories to focus on making current systems more “accurate, transparent, credible and loyal” instead of rushing towards the development of even more powerful means. “The company has paused on other technologies with potentially catastrophic effects – continues the letter -. We can do it here too. Let’s enjoy a long summer of AI, and do not rush into the autumn unprepared”.
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