Top AI leaders are sounding an "unprecedented alarm" over fears that systems could "quickly spiral out of control." As researchers warn of AI that can program its own successor, the industry's biggest names publicly agree it's time to pump the brakes.
The tape WSJ Tech News Briefing · Sep 15
“In the last week, we have seen a shift in the AI discourse. First, an Anthropic researcher announced he was quitting the industry over fears that companies are building AI systems that could quickly spiral out of control. Then on Saturday, several leaders at top AI companies, including Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk, publicly agreed that we need to slow the pace of development of this technology.”
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