‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
TL;DR
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a three-part plan to "slow down" AI development.
- Anthropic will offer third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to their AI systems for safety verification.
- This call for a slowdown follows warnings from a former researcher about AI potentially causing human extinction by 2030.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk have expressed agreement with Amodei's proposal.
- Amodei emphasized the need for prudence and pacing AI capabilities advancement to allow risk prevention to keep up.
- The proposed plan includes building AI at a balanced rate, requiring industry-wide coordination, and ensuring global coordination.