{"id":23093,"date":"2023-04-15T22:51:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T22:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23093"},"modified":"2023-04-15T22:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T22:51:32","slug":"and-then-there-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23093","title":{"rendered":"and then there is this&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you thought the nuclear arms threat, severe climate events ,human \/animal inequities, political stupidity and continual wars were enough to make you keep your head down&#8230;how about adding the looming Artificial Intelligence Armageddon recklessness to the mix&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;re  welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-15-at-2.25.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-15-at-2.25.30-PM.png 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-15-at-2.25.30-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-15-at-2.25.30-PM-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"headline-89-30848\">Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUBLISHED By Future of Life Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 22, 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLICK LINK FOR LETTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futureoflife.org\/open-letter\/pause-giant-ai-experiments\/\">https:\/\/futureoflife.org\/open-letter\/pause-giant-ai-experiments\/<\/a>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Pause+Giant+AI+Experiments%3A+An+Open+Letter&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ffutureoflife.org%2Fopen-letter%2Fpause-giant-ai-experiments%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffutureoflife.org%2Fopen-letter%2Fpause-giant-ai-experiments%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:?body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Ffutureoflife.org%2Fopen-letter%2Fpause-giant-ai-experiments%2F&amp;subject=Check%20out%20this%20post%20-%20Pause%20Giant%20AI%20Experiments:%20An%20Open%20Letter\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ffutureoflife.org%2Fopen-letter%2Fpause-giant-ai-experiments%2F&amp;title=Pause%20Giant%20AI%20Experiments:%20An%20Open%20Letter&amp;summary=Check%20out%20this%20post%20-&amp;source=Future%20of%20Life%20Institute\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research<sup>[1]<\/sup>&nbsp;and acknowledged by top AI labs.<sup>[2]<\/sup>&nbsp;As stated in the widely-endorsed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futureoflife.org\/open-letter\/ai-principles\/\">Asilomar AI Principles<\/a>,&nbsp;<em>Advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and should be planned for and managed with commensurate care and resources<\/em>. Unfortunately, this level of planning and management is not happening, even though recent months have seen <strong>AI labs locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one \u2013 not even their creators \u2013 can understand, predict, or reliably control.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So if you thought the nuclear arms threat, severe climate events ,human \/animal inequities, political stupidity and continual wars were enough to make you keep your head down&#8230;how about adding the looming Artificial Intelligence Armageddon recklessness to the mix&#8230; You&#8217;re welcome! Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter We call on all AI labs to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23093\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;and then there is this&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23093"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23117,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23093\/revisions\/23117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}