In an open letter to the AI community, a group of renowned AI researchers joined by Elon Musk and other tech luminaries called upon AI labs to cease training on large-scale AI projects that are more powerful than GPT-4, the tech behind ChatGPT and many other popular AI chatbots.
The Future of Life Institute doesn't mince words in its letter; opening with the warning that "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity." They go on to warn that the development of these systems requires proper planning and management which is not happening in the current "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."
