Can we actually avoid catastrophe? All these petitions and warnings seem to be falling on deaf ears.
ETHICS
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AI Leaders Warn About Risks from Association for Advancement
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Former leaders of the Association for the Advancement of AI, a 40-year-old academic society, have also released their own letter warning of the risks of A.I. That group included Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft: http://
aaai.org/working-togeth
er-on-our-future-with-ai/
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Tech Leaders Petition to Pause Major AI Development
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Only one month ago Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Stability AI CEO & 1000s of other tech leaders signed a petition to pause all major AI developments:
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Preventing Bad Actors from Misusing AI Technology
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“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.” Source: http://
nytimes.com/2023/05/01/tec
hnology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html
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AI Pioneer Hinton Warns of Dangers, Leaves Google
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BREAKING: "‘The Godfather of A.I.’ quits Google to warn of AI threats. Dr. Hinton deeply regrets helping advance AI to current levels. “I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have.” Are today's AI leaders ignoring the consequences?
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Thomas Jefferson University CEO Board Criticized Over AI Decision
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This is absurd. Shame on the CEO and board of trustees of Thomas Jefferson University!
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Expert Concerns About AI Dangers: A Brief Guide
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Experts are increasingly concerned about the dangers of A.I. Here is a brief guide to those dangers:
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Geoffrey Hinton on AI Development: The Common Excuse
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“I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have.” –
@geoffreyhinton #AI #GodfatherOfAI #artificialintelligence http://
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Chatbots lack accuracy: Karen Weise and Cade Metz article
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Chatbots have plenty of gall when it comes to facts. Good article by Karen Weise and Cade Metz. Worth reading.
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Geoff Hinton Leaves Google Over AI Safety Concerns
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I flew to Toronto last week for a chat with Geoff Hinton, the venerable A.I. researcher who spent more than 50 years nurturing the idea at the heart of ChatGPT. He has left Google so that he can share his concerns that A.I. could cause serious harm: