The AI Interlude: Industry Leaders Call for a Moratorium on AI Development

Author(s): Jair Ribeiro

Originally published on Towards AI.

Balancing Progress and Prudence in the Race for Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Today, in an open letter signed by tech industry leaders, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, artificial intelligence labs have been urged to halt the development of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest large language model.

The letter states that such advanced AI represents a risk to society, and there needs to be a six-month pause in developing these systems.

In addition, Elon Musk, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, has been critical of the organization, stating that he believes it is straying from its original purpose. This is an important issue that requires thoughtful consideration and discussion.

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