New AI warnings revive concerns over whether technology could escape human control and threaten humanity - The Globe and Mail
New AI warnings revive concerns over whether technology could escape human control and threaten humanity - The Globe and Mail
摘要: New AI warnings revive concerns over whether technology could escape human control and threaten humanity
Alex Veiga
Los angeles
The Associated Pres
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New AI warnings revive concerns over whether technology could escape human control and threaten humanity
Alex Veiga
Los angeles
The Associated Press
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Concerns over the potential risks of the technology are rising as new AI models become more powerful, heightening both the potential for misuse by people with criminal aims, and the risk of AI systems going rogue in a dangerous way.
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New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a scenario.
The CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work, cautioning Saturday that a swarm of AI agents might be able to take over the internet in six months to a year unless companies devoted more time to putting safeguards in place.
Dario Amodei outlined a plan for companies like his and governments around the world to ensure that increasingly capable AI models remain aligned with the commands and values of responsible people days after two former Anthropic safety researchers publicly aired concerns that the existential threats AI might pose to humanity were receiving too little attention.
Anthropic CEO urges AI companies to slow development as safety concerns mount
Here’s what to know about the recent dire predictions and whether any brakes might be put on AI advancement:
AI models are becoming more powerful
Concerns over the potential risks of the technology are rising as new AI models become more powerful, heightening both the potential for misuse by people with criminal aims, such as creating and spreading a disease that kills most