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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently responded to an open letter written by the Future of Life Institute calling for a six-month "suspension of AI (artificial intelligence) research," which was actively supported by tech moguls like Elon Musk and Steve Wonziak. Altman agreed with the request mentioned in the letter, however, adding that he "missed the more technical nuance of where we need the break." Also read: Will the pause in AI research benefit China? Former Google CEO says the country is "very smart..." "I think it's really important to move cautiously and increase rigor on security issues... I don't think the letter was the best way to respond," Altman said, quoted by CNBC. The top executive of the technology company made the statements during an event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he spoke about artificial intelligence and business.
OpenAI is the creator of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot designed to create a human response to user questions. This has created an AI frenzy in the tech world, prompting other tech giants to launch their own chatbots.
The CEOs of Apple and Twitter, along with academics, have called for an immediate halt to "experimentation" related to the large language models needed to launch the more powerful and advanced ChatGPT 4. The letter was signed by more than 25,000 people.
“AI labs and independent experts should take advantage of this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared security protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and monitored by independent third-party experts,” the letter says. It was published by the Musk-funded Future for Life Institute, which also stated that "AI systems with human competitive intelligence can pose serious risks to society and humanity."
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To that, Altman agreed that there was a need for a "higher bar of security" as the capabilities of the technology are becoming "increasingly serious." Last year, he said artificial intelligence technology scared him "a little bit."
Contrary to this, Musk would push an AI-based project on Twitter and allegedly bought thousands of powerful and expensive computer processors and hired AI engineering talent.
Tech giants have been working for years on AI systems, formerly known as big data or machine learning, to help with translations, targeted advertising and search results.
