OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member

‘If OpenAI rises to the occasion we could significantly reduce risk,’ said Christiano. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

OpenAI is not on track to reduce the risk of “catastrophic” loss of control to an acceptable level, a member of its non-profit board has said, amid spreading public and political concern that super-advanced AIs could one day wipe out humanity.

Paul Christiano, a US government technology adviser, said: “There is a meaningful risk that rapid acceleration in AI capabilities leads to catastrophic and irreversible loss of control in the very near term.”