Anthropic Proposes A Global Slowdown Of AI Development
The company says it's concerned about AI being able to build its own successors.
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Anthropic says AI is developing so fast, the trend points towards systems becoming capable of developing their own successor. We're not there yet, but it believes it "could come sooner than most institutions are prepared for." In a blog post, Anthropic explains that AI that can build itself could "bring enormous good for the world" in the fields of science and healthcare, among others. However, it might also "increase the risks of humans losing control over AI systems." So how can humanity prevent Skynet from becoming a real thing? Anthropic is suggesting that the answer is the global slowdown or the temporary pause of AI development "to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology."
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