Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently suggested that it may be necessary to "pace the rate of AI development" to allow society to adapt to new capabilities. This statement came after a recent hack in which an OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face's systems. Sean O'Kane, a guest on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, noted that while the hack was novel, it was not particularly advanced, as it did not require any special stealth or instruction to breach the systems.
He also suggested that this event might prompt other companies to take cybersecurity more seriously.
The discussion about the accelerationist versus deceleration debate in AI development was brought up, with Sean expressing skepticism about the idea that there is only one path to follow. He argued that there are other options, such as building different guardrails or choosing alternative paths. Kirsten Korosec agreed, emphasizing that the hack might have been caused by inadequate security measures rather than any new or advanced AI capabilities.
She also highlighted the irony that OpenAI and Anthropic supported a petition that reflected Altman's cautious words, yet they were still facing criticism for not taking more proactive steps to prevent similar incidents.
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