Why are AI leaders calling for a slow down?
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Why are AI leaders calling for a slow down?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 15, 202633 min

It's been a remarkable week in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Last Tuesday, a researcher resigned from Anthropic, saying AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." A current Anthropic employee agreed, saying he gives AI more than a 10 per cent chance of causing human extinction within the next 10 years. Then on Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling to slow the development of AI, so that safety measures can keep pace with the technology. His competitors, Sam Altman and Elon Musk, endorsed the idea. <...

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It has been a remarkable week in the artificial intelligence world. Last Tuesday, a researcher resigned from anthropic saying AI companies are quote, racing straight to self improving super intelligence and gambling with our lives. A current anthropic employee agreed, saying he gives AI more than a 10% chance of causing

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