In an open letter, Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives demanded a six-month hiatus from training systems more powerful than GPT-4, citing potential dangers to society and humanity.
More than 1,000 individuals, including Musk, Steve Wozniak, and Emad Mostaque, signed a letter from the non-profit Future of Life Institute, advocating for a hold on advanced AI development until independent experts develop, implement, and audit shared safety protocols for such designs.
The letter advised against developing powerful AI systems until their effects are positive and their risks are manageable.
The letter detailed the potential economic and political disruptions that human-competitive AI systems may bring to society and civilization, and urged developers to collaborate with policymakers on governance and regulatory authorities.
The EU police force, Europol, has raised ethical and legal concerns about advanced AI like ChatGPT and its potential misuse in phishing, disinformation, and cybercrime.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which was released last year, has prompted rivals to launch similar products, and companies to incorporate it or similar technologies into their apps and products.