Future of Life Institute

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The U.S. Public Wants Regulation (or Prohibition) of ExpertLevel and Superhuman AI

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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Stuart Russell

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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?

Vladimir Putin

Hod Lipson

Yuval Noah Harari

Sundar Pichai

"[T]here will be far greater jobs" thanks to AI and "the jobs of today will get better."

AI will probably "take over a lot of jobs," but could also "create new kinds of jobs"

"[W]e might witness the creation of a massive new unworking class."

AI "is not going to put a lot of people out of work permanently" but work will change.

AI might take away more than just "drudge work."

"AI software will be in direct competition with a lot of people for jobs."

"Automation and AI will take away pretty much all of our jobs."

Eventually, "AI will be able to do everything" and jobs will exist only for "personal satisfaction."

Will AI Replace All Jobs?

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Michael J. Black


Amy Brand

AI "will never replace a person’s expertise and judgement [in scientific publishing]."

"AI has the potential to be an assistive tool in peer review — supporting summarization, drafting, and literature searches. But a fully AI-driven review is unacceptable."

"Using AI to estimate the quality of articles and predict citation counts also risks amplifying biases, putting authors from under-represented disciplines, institutions, or regions at a disadvantage."

"Over-reliance on AI could reduce the role of critical human judgment in scientific inquiry, potentially overlooking novel or unconventional insights that AI algorithms might miss."

"This lack of scrutiny [in AI scientist systems] poses a risk of introducing flaws that could undermine the integrity, reliability, and trustworthiness of their research outputs."

Will AI Influence the Integrity of the Scientific Publication Process?

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) has published an open letter calling for a prohibition on superintelligence development, gathering signatures from more than 900 public figures including Nobel laureates, AI researchers, celebrities and political leaders.

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) has published an open letter calling for a prohibition on superintelligence development, gathering signatures from more than 900 public figures including Nobel laureates, AI researchers, celebrities and political leaders.

Signatories include Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Prince Harry and Meghan, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Papal AI advisor Paolo Benanti and former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice.

Signatories include Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Prince Harry and Meghan, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Papal AI advisor Paolo Benanti and former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice.

The statement requests a ban on superintelliegence development remain until there is broad scientific consensus that the technology can be developed safely and controllably, along with strong public buy-in for such technological advancement.

The statement requests a ban on superintelliegence development remain until there is broad scientific consensus that the technology can be developed safely and controllably, along with strong public buy-in for such technological advancement.

Polling data released alongside the letter claimed 64% of Americans believe superintelligence should not be developed until provably safe compared to 5% who support developing it as quickly as possible.

Polling data released alongside the letter claimed 64% of Americans believe superintelligence should not be developed until provably safe compared to 5% who support developing it as quickly as possible.

Last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that he would be "very surprised" if AI models "extraordinarily capable" did not exists before 2030, while the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has called for a "Manhattan Project-like program" to beat China to developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that he would be "very surprised" if AI models "extraordinarily capable" did not exists before 2030, while the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has called for a "Manhattan Project-like program" to beat China to developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

This comes as, in 2023, the FLI also published an open letter calling for a minimum 6-month pause in training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, receiving over 33,700 signatures from individuals including Yoshua Bengio, Elon Musk, Stuart Russel and Steve Wozniak.

This comes as, in 2023, the FLI also published an open letter calling for a minimum 6-month pause in training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, receiving over 33,700 signatures from individuals including Yoshua Bengio, Elon Musk, Stuart Russel and Steve Wozniak.

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The Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling for a prohibition on superintelligence development, gathering signatures from more than 700 public figures including Nobel laureates, AI researchers, celebrities and political leaders.</span

The Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling for a prohibition on superintelligence development, gathering signatures from more than 700 public figures including Nobel laureates, AI researchers, celebrities and political leaders.

Notable signatories include Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, referred to as Godfathers of AI, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Prince Harry and Meghan, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.</span

Notable signatories include Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, referred to as Godfathers of AI, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Prince Harry and Meghan, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.

The statement requests the prohibition remain until there is broad scientific consensus that superintelligence can be developed safely and controllably, along with strong public buy-in for such technological advancement.</span

The statement requests the prohibition remain until there is broad scientific consensus that superintelligence can be developed safely and controllably, along with strong public buy-in for such technological advancement.

Polling data released with the letter showed 64% of Americans believe superintelligence should not be developed until provably safe, while only 5% support developing it as quickly as possible, according to campaign organizers.</span

Polling data released with the letter showed 64% of Americans believe superintelligence should not be developed until provably safe, while only 5% support developing it as quickly as possible, according to campaign organizers.

AI company executives have made predictions about superintelligence timelines, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stating it could arrive within five years and expressing surprise if it does not emerge by 2030.</span

AI company executives have made predictions about superintelligence timelines, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stating it could arrive within five years and expressing surprise if it does not emerge by 2030.

The initiative represents concerns that current AI development paths prioritize replacing humans rather than serving humanity, with organizers advocating for broader public input in decisions affecting collective future outcomes.</span

The initiative represents concerns that current AI development paths prioritize replacing humans rather than serving humanity, with organizers advocating for broader public input in decisions affecting collective future outcomes.

700+ Leaders Call for Ban on Superintelligence Development

700+ Leaders Call for Ban on Superintelligence Development

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Altman

LeCun

Musk

Bengio

Mitchell

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Russell

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700+ Leaders Call for Ban on Superintelligence Development

700+ Leaders Call for Ban on Superintelligence Development

The Controversies

Andreessen

Ng

LeCun

Mitchell

Li

Bengio

Musk

Altman

Hinton

Amodei

Yudkowsky

Andreessen

Altman

LeCun

Musk

Bengio

Mitchell

Harris

Russell

Tallinn

Altman

Mitchell

Harari

LeCun

Hinton

Ng

Lipson

Musk

Jansen

Society

Networks

arXiv

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