Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

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by Future of Life Institute · 2023

An open letter published by the Future of Life Institute in March 2023 calling for a six-month pause on the training of artificial intelligence systems more powerful than GPT-4. The letter highlights potential societal risks, including the spread of propaganda, job automation, and loss of human control over technology, and was signed by over 30,000 researchers, tech executives, and academics.

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1 episode featuring Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

Futurists clash over job automation and psychological survival in 2040