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California State Assembly passes sweeping AI safety bill

OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US government

Elon Musk

Rishi Sunak

Kamala Harris

Bill Gates

Andrew Ng

Yoshua Bengio

Fei-Fei Li

Demis Hassabis

Melanie Mitchell

Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

Geoffrey Hinton

Yann LeCun

Gary Marcus

Max Tegmark

Connor Leahy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Jaan Tallinn

Marc Andreessen

Eric Schmidt

Norbert Wiener

Arthur Clarke

Irving John Good

Claude Shannon

Hans Moravec

John Smart

There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?

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"AI may cause the most dramatic and sustained economic boom of all time."

AI will make the world "way wealthier" and lead to a "productivity boom."

AI is an "amplifier of human intelligence" and will help the economy thrive.

AI will enable "universal high income" in place of "universal basic income."

"AI may become the heart of future economic growth in the coming decades."

AI harms could include "disrupting economies."

AI could "disrupt job markets."

"AI and technological unemployment" are the "biggest problem we face" from an "economic point of view."

"The moment superintelligent AI emerges, the human economy will end."

Will AI Bring Economic Risks?

The California State Assembly on Wednesday passed SB 1047, which if signed into law would create new restrictions on artificial intelligence.

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The Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, which passed a final Senate vote and will now be sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, would require companies to test their AI models and publicly disclose safety protocols they have in place to stop their models from being manipulated. Newsom has not said where he stands on this matter.

CBS News

Authored by Democratic State Sen. Scott Wiener, the bill has bipartisan support, as members have concerns that if future AI models lack guardrails they'll eventually be able to wreak havoc, including harming the state's electric grid or helping build chemical weapons.

In addition, the bill grants the state attorney general the power to sue developers who break the law, and requires developers to hire third-party auditors to oversee their safety practices. The bill also adds new protections for whistleblowers.

Reuters

Among those in opposition to the bill are AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic, and US Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Zoe Lofgren. Their criticism led to the bill being amended to include civil rather than criminal penalties for violators.

California Passes AI Regulation Bill

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California Passes AI Regulation Bill

The Controversies

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Ng

LeCun

Mitchell

Li

Bengio

Musk

Altman

Hinton

Amodei

Yudkowsky

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LeCun

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Bengio

Mitchell

Harris

Russell

Tallinn

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