The strange new world of AI power, politics and the ‘pause’ | The AI Beat

VentureBeat April 3, 2023
Sharon Goldman

The noisy debates around AI risk and regulation got many decibels louder last week, while simultaneously becoming even harder to decipher.

There was the blowback from tweets by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) about ChatGPT, including that “Something is coming. We aren’t ready.” Then there was the complaint to the FTC about OpenAI, as well as well as Italy’s ban on ChatGPT. And, most notably, the open letter signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak that proposed a six-month ‘pause’ on large-scale AI development. It was put out by an organization focused on “x-risk” called Future of Life Institute, and according to Eliezer Yudkowsky, it didn’t even go far enough.

Not surprisingly, the fierce debate about AI ethics and risks, both short-term...

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