Greetings Decision maker,
55% of Americans are worried by the threat of AI to the future of humanity, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. In an era where technological advancements are accelerating at breakneck speed, it is crucial to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) development remains in check. As AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT become increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it is high time we address potential legal and ethical implications.
And some have done so. A recent letter signed by Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI, Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, and over 1,000 other AI experts and funders calls for a six-month pause in training new models. In turn, Time published an article by Eliezer Yudkowsky, the founder of the field of AI alignment, calling for a much more hard-line solution of a permanent global ban and international sanctions on any country pursuing AI research.
However, the problem with these proposals is that they require coordination of numerous stakeholders from a wide variety of companies and government figures. This week I share a proposal that’s much more in line with our existing methods of reining in potentially threatening developments: legal liability.
To learn more, check out this blog.
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What's Up With Me
Worries about AI causing serious - even existential - risks can seem like an esoteric subject, but it’s not esoteric for me. In two weeks, I’ll be flying to Sacramento for the wedding of my close friend, Max Harms, who works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a think tank that researches AI safety with a focus on the existential dangers of AI. Through Max, I’ve learned a great deal about the real threat posed by advanced AI systems. My biggest realization was that advanced AI doesn’t have to be hostile to humans to present an existential risk: it’s not like The Terminator. Any advanced AI whose goals are not perfectly aligned with humanity will inevitably seek to sideline humanity in order to prevent humanity from
blocking the AI’s goals - and the best sidelining, of course, is destruction. And seemingly easy fixes don’t work, otherwise incredibly smart people like my friend wouldn’t spend their lifetimes working on this issue.
One of the things that helped me understand the seriousness of the threat of AI was the science fiction story that Max wrote (outside of his work at MIRI). The Crystal Trilogy imagines how an artificial general intelligence might evolve, learn to interact with people, and attempt to evade humans' best efforts to rein it in. The first book is titled Crystal Society, and you can read it here.
P.S. If you’re in Sacramento in early October, let me know, maybe we can meet up.
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Decisively Yours,
Dr. Gleb
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
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