Over 800 public figures urge ‘superintelligence’ ban
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A group of leading figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, have called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’, a type of artificial intelligence that will surpass human intelligence.
More than 800 people have signed an agreement, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and former US National Security Advisor Susan Rice. expression On Wednesday he called for a pause in the development of superintelligence.
One expression The declaration, released Wednesday with more than 800 signatories, including leading AI figures and the biggest names in AI, from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, called for a pause in the development of superintelligence.
The list of signatories includes prominent AI leaders, including scientists such as Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, who are considered the “godfathers” of modern AI. Leading AI security researchers like UC Berkeley Stuart Russell also signed.
Superintelligence has become a buzzword in the AI world as companies from xAI to OpenAI compete to release more advanced large language models. Meta went so far as to call the LLM department ‘Meta Superintelligence Laboratories’.
But the signatories of the latest statement warn that the possibility of superintelligence “raises concerns ranging from economic obsolescence and disempowerment of the human being and losses of freedom, civil liberties, dignity, and control to national security risks and potentially even the extinction of humanity.”
The statement calls for a ban on superintelligence development until there is strong public support and a broad scientific consensus that it can be done in a safe and controlled manner.
In addition to the AI figures, the names behind the statement come from a broad coalition of academics, media personalities, religious leaders and former politicians.
Other prominent names include Virgin’s Richard Branson, former Chief of Staff Mike Mullen and British royal family member Meghan Markle. Prominent media allies of US President Donald Trump, including Steve Bannon and Glen Beck, also signed this agreement.
As of Wednesday, the list of signatories was still growing.
