On Tuesday, prominent figures in the tech world called for a six-month pause on advanced artificial intelligence. The open letter, signed by business leaders, researchers and academics, argued that time was needed to come up with effective safety protocols for AI development. It warned of “AI labs locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control.”
Last week Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all launched or updated their AI chatbots. Trained on vast data sets taken from the internet, these algorithms can generate a range of written responses and imagery on request. They have even been caught recycling each other’s fake news, which is surely some kind of milestone.
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