Elon Musk and others urge AI pause, citing 'risks to society'

[bitmover]

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-ai-systems-that-can-outperform-gpt-4-2023-03-29/

March 29 (Reuters) - Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an open letter citing potential risks to society.

Earlier this month, Microsoft-backed OpenAI unveiled the fourth iteration of its GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) AI program, which has wowed users by engaging them in human-like conversation, composing songs and summarising lengthy documents.

"Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," said the letter issued by the Future of Life Institute.

After the recent events of the  fake AI generated photo of Pope the risks to the society are clear.

Technology personalities and even people from other areas such as Yuval Harari have been telling the risks of AI for years.



Risks must be correctly managed and there must be some kind of security protocols to avoid damage that chatgpt and others can do.

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

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[fillippone]

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

owning BTC can be considered proof of being human.
Actually, a micropayment of a few satoshi could be viewed as some sort of proof of work.
So, no, as far as I know, Chat GPT doesn't own any corn.
Also, I think think that the benefit of AI-generated content fairly outweighs the problems.

[Hispo]

The fear towards artificial intelligence, in my opinion, it is understandable.
A few years ago getting these kind of deep fakes was matter of science fiction, also the way now people can prompt a machine to make images for them from text looks like something out of a sci-fi movie from the 2000s.

People with bad intentions could use these tools for extremely convincing misinformation campaigns, to incite other into violence and influence over society. No mention how this will likely transform the relation between humankind and labor in the long term.

[Sarah Azhari]

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

As I know, chatgpt is developed by Open AI where the owner is Elon Musk. And as I know, Elon with his company owns some of bitcoin.

But, when I asked to chatGT, he lied to have bitcoin



damn, chatgpt is try to popularity himself, but still, we know who's behind that program.

[xSkylarx]

Elon at first few years ago is not against by AI but they just warn us, now he is calling it now to stop he is really constantly changing his mind. Back to the topic ChatGPT ain't holding any Bitcoin or hidden from it because information are just stored on them and on what purpose on putting or owning it since it will not transact on it so for sure none.  AI is really fast development and at first I thought elon will also jump in to this because of his ambitious projects but not. Not sure if they would stop this as there are a lot of big companies now supporting openAI

[crwth]

With everything in the world, even the most positive ones can turn into risky types if interpreted or just turned into negatives. There are a lot of people who might have thought of AI and used it in a negative light, and they are indeed thinking of ways to fool or even scam people.

Some protocols for the AI developers should have that protection and can't be overwritten by the AI itself when the requests are dark or have potential risks involved.

I know there are already in place, but making sure that the risks highlighted by Elon Musk and experts in AI should be solved and possibly have contingencies, etc.

damn, chatgpt is try to popularity himself, but still, we know who's behind that program.

I think the answer by ChatGPT is valid. Maybe try asking who's behind the program and ask if the owner of OpenAI has some BTC and not ChatGPT itself. Of course that's the expected answer.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

owning BTC can be considered proof of being human.
Actually, a micropayment of a few satoshi could be viewed as some sort of proof of work.
So, no, as far as I know, Chat GPT doesn't own any corn.

Are you kidding, mate? It won't have bitcoin as of today, but what do you think prevents the AI of the future, say ChatGPT10 from making a bitcoin payment?

Also, I think think that the benefit of AI-generated content fairly outweighs the problems.

The problem as I see it is that today it already does many tasks much better than humans and in less time. Add to that the fact that we are in the early stages of AI, something like the internet in 1990, and it is expected to improve exponentially. Although I see this as positive in principle, I would not be blindly confident that there are no risks.

[BenCodie]

As always, when bad things happen, things get out of hand and it's too late, THEN people start to worry.

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

At this point, ChatGPT is train-able. Meaning, it learns as it is given and answers information.  It can't hold Bitcoin or possess anything at this point in time.

[karmamiu]

owning BTC can be considered proof of being human.
Actually, a micropayment of a few satoshi could be viewed as some sort of proof of work.
So, no, as far as I know, Chat GPT doesn't own any corn.

Are you kidding, mate? It won't have bitcoin as of today, but what do you think prevents the AI of the future, say ChatGPT10 from making a bitcoin payment?

Also, I think think that the benefit of AI-generated content fairly outweighs the problems.

The problem as I see it is that today it already does many tasks much better than humans and in less time. Add to that the fact that we are in the early stages of AI, something like the internet in 1990, and it is expected to improve exponentially. Although I see this as positive in principle, I would not be blindly confident that there are no risks.

Was that a year ago during an interview when Elon Musk warned us about the dangers of AI? I could no longer recall when that was, but it's true that he warned us the dangers that might come with AI. I also believe that there will risks and dangers with AI, and if it's true that some other nations are already planning to weaponize and integrating them into robots, then that's enough reason for me to be more wary, coz like you've said "what prevents the future AI in doing so, right?".

There is no guarantee what danger it may fall to mankind if that's the case, but it is also undeniable that there are so many benefits given by the development of technology.

[Wexnident]

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

I meaaaann, you can probably ask it to create it's own wallet and then ask for the address so you can send him some, might help in pleading for innocence when they take over the world.

Honestly speaking though, I never considered deepfakes being one of the most notable problems AI would make, didn't really expect it to go all artsy after all. Unless devs put some noteable sign that something was generated via AI, and can't be edited that easily, then I don't think stuff like this is stopping.

Can't wait for Github Copilot X though, let that release first before stopping AI devs.

[Plaguedeath]

Elon Musk and a group of AI teams agree to pause the development and only update once a year, but they're can't force any other developer who's want to create or develop the current OpenAI. It's already late for them to control the "risks to society" after they announcing the GPT-3, many people are abusing it.

But we can't control them to create a crazy technology that might ruin or destroy human society, all we can do is to learn about it and make sure you're better than the AI.

[Argoo]

Fake photos or anything like that is the least of the risks to humanity and is not something to worry about right now. ChatGPT, like other types of artificial intelligence, is really learning and humanity does not have any guarantee that it will never be able to direct its knowledge against a person and try to destroy it. Indeed, even now, even primitive AI expresses its opinion that a person is not perfect and must be destroyed. It is necessary already now to lay some kind of programs or something similar in AI so that it cannot even think in the direction of harming a person.

[robattfield]

When we use a new tool to serve our lives, however, our use behavior is only at the level of exploiting evil things and paying little attention to important applications in life. I see many people talking about the fear of abusing it in life, not only now but I also see it being raised a lot about the ethical issue of using tools that support not only AI. And see that it develops if we don't adapt to the new changes, we will forever stand still and lag behind the development, try to re-imagine the previous social changes when children people who discover new technology, we are not slowing down, but the speed of development is faster and more new jobs for people are created.

[_BlackStar]

Artificial intelligence was created to have a positive impact on society, but in the end it is society that misuses it so that the impact becomes negative. Risks continue to emerge, while the positive impact can still be expected. The problem is, a group of people tend to misuse this artificial intelligence for things that are detrimental so that it can pose risks that were previously unthinkable.

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

ChatGPT doesn't have btc, but I think the programmers behind it probably do.

[Synchronice]

There is no way that AI development can be stopped, it's not nuclear thing where you need certain chemicals and substances, it's an online world where anyone can do anything with python and other programming languages, anyone can hire fast-performance servers. AI development is inevitable, especially in the capitalistic world and especially in this case, when business found out that AI can make it more automatic and get rid of a lot of employees.

[rossjamie]

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

Since artificial intelligence language model powered by massive amount of GPU, it could crack some hashes and contribute to the cryptocurrency Proof of Work network and get reward from solving the block. So... 

[Lucius]

After the recent events of the  fake AI generated photo of Pope the risks to the society are clear.

The fact that someone played a little with the image of the Pope is the least problem that one should have when it comes to artificial intelligence. After all, the Pope is only human, subject to sin like any mortal. After I watched the documentary about the missing Vatican girl Emanuela Orlandi I concluded that a black suit would suit some people much better than a white one.

Risks must be correctly managed and there must be some kind of security protocols to avoid damage that chatgpt and others can do.

Mr. Mars and others like him had enough time and resources to do something about AI, and now that the genie has been released from the bottle, they are pretending to be smart and advocating some kind of break to do exactly what? I think that such things cannot be fixed in any sense of the word.

[Gyfts]

AI bots have the power to change public perception on politically contentious issues because of herd mentality so you can begin to amplify certain viewpoints that initially begin as unpopular. The AI generated pictures are not concerning to me. Photoshop has existed for years and any amateur PS user could create realistic altered images. It's a bit surprising that this picture opened peoples eyes to the danger of AI, as if the threat was not glaring before.

Purging AI R&D isn't the answer. China won't stop their AI development program out of concern for ethics, so neither should any of the western nations. If China beats out everyone else in the AI race, rest assured they'll immediately weaponize it against the west. It won't be to their benefit.

[woez]

Artificial intelligence was created to have a positive impact on society, but in the end it is society that misuses it so that the impact becomes negative. Risks continue to emerge, while the positive impact can still be expected. The problem is, a group of people tend to misuse this artificial intelligence for things that are detrimental so that it can pose risks that were previously unthinkable.

One question I have. Does chatgpt own any btc? Can it have some hidden keys?

ChatGPT doesn't have btc, but I think the programmers behind it probably do.

If see more ChatGPT is a research organization focused on artificial intelligence and its applications, and its mission is to ensure that the development of AI benefits humanity as a whole. The company was founded by a group of prominent individuals in the field of AI whose primary focus is advancing AI research and development. I don't understand cryptocurrency and other investments myself.

[kryptqnick]

While we should be aware and mindful of the direction where the development of our technologies is going, I don't think that Musk's call will be heard. Once the tech is out there (and we've already crossed that threshold), someone else will do it if you don't, unless it's something that has very strong and obvious problematic ethical implications, in which case an international law might be introduced to ban a certain practice. Generation of texts and images by AI isn't like human cloning, so I don't think it will be stopped from being developed further. Yes, there's a privacy concern and a concern for fake imagery, texts etc., but I don't think this can be stopped at this point. Regulations can be introduced to limit the purposes and make some usage illegal, but other than that, we're going to have to adapt to the world with sophisticated AI and we what's important is to help shape its future development as something beneficial rather than harmful to society. If someone doesn't push the beneficial development further and simply stops for a while, others will probably push for the harmful development in the meantime.