In the midst of the furor over ChatGPT 4 and the power of artificial intelligence around the world, a group of experts from different branches called to cease progress for at least six months, alerted to the risks it could generate.
through the site futureoflife.orgthe signatories ask that security systems be established with new regulatory authorities, techniques that help distinguish between the real and the artificial, institutions capable of dealing with the “dramatic economic and political disruption (especially for democracy) that AI will cause” and surveillance of the systems that comprise it.
Even the creator of ChatGPT, sam altmanHe expressed that his company “needs time” to adapt to new technology and raised “a little fear” for “large-scale misinformation or cyberattacks” that can be generated from experiments with AI.
In the order signed by experts such as Elon Muskowner of Twitter and Space X, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, members of Google’s DeepMind AI lab, Stability AI director Emad Mostaque, Microsoft executive engineers and historian Yuval Noah Harari, among others, puts on the magnifying glass on the power capacity that AI can have.
“In recent months we have seen how AI labs have launched into an uncontrolled race to develop and deploy increasingly powerful digital brains that no one, not even their creators, can reliably understand, predict or control,” they express in a fragment.
They also explained that such systems “should only be developed once we are sure that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.”
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In addition to asking that the pause for several months be “public and verifiable,” they said that at other times in history “other technologies with potentially catastrophic effects on society” also slowed down their development.
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Pausing Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
We call on all AI labs to immediately pause training on AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least 6 months.
AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, extensive research shows [1] and recognized by leading AI labs. [2] As set out in the widely endorsed Asilomar AI Principles, advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and must be planned and managed with care and resources.
Unfortunately, this level of planning and management is not happening, despite the fact that in recent months AI labs have entered an out-of-control race to develop and deploy digital minds ever more powerful than anyone, not even their creators, they can understand. predict or control reliably.
Contemporary AI systems are now becoming competitive with humans in general tasks, [3] And we must ask ourselves: Should we let the machines flood our information channels with propaganda and falsehood? Should we automate all jobs, including compliance? Should we develop non-human minds that could eventually outnumber, outsmart, and replace us? Should we risk losing control of our civilization? Such decisions should not be delegated to unelected technology leaders.
Powerful AI systems should be developed only after we are sure that their effects will be positive and their risks are manageable. This confidence must be well justified and increase with the magnitude of the potential effects of a system. OpenAI’s recent statement regarding artificial general intelligence states that “at some point, it may be important to get independent review before starting to train future systems, and for more advanced efforts to agree to limit the growth rate of computing.” used to create new models”. We agree. That point is now.
Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause training on AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least 6 months. This pause must be public and verifiable, and include all key stakeholders. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.
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AI labs and independent experts should take advantage of this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared security protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and monitored by independent third-party experts. These protocols must ensure that the systems that adhere to them are secure beyond a reasonable doubt. [4] This does not mean a pause in AI development in general, just a step back from the perilous race to ever larger unpredictable black box models with emerging capabilities.
AI research and development must be refocused on making today’s powerful, next-generation systems more accurate, secure, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, reliable, and loyal.
In parallel, AI developers must work with policymakers to dramatically accelerate the development of robust AI governance systems. These should include at a minimum: new and capable regulatory authorities dedicated to AI; monitoring and monitoring of high capacity AI systems and large sets of computing power; provenance systems and watermarks to help distinguish real from synthetic leaks and trace patterns; a robust audit and certification ecosystem; liability for damage caused by IA; robust public funding for technical AI safety research; and institutions well equipped to deal with the dramatic economic and political disruptions (especially in democracy) that AI will cause.
Humanity can enjoy a flourishing future with AI. Having succeeded in creating powerful AI systems, we can now enjoy an “AI summer” where we reap the rewards, design these systems for the clear benefit of all, and give society a chance to adapt. Society has paused on other technologies with potentially catastrophic effects on society. [5] We can do it here. Let’s enjoy a long summer of AI, let’s not rush to fall unprepared.
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