Anthropic CEO calls for AI race to slow down. Musk and OpenAI's Altman agrees

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence models. He warned that the rapid pace of advancement could outstrip humanity's ability to understand and control the technology. Amodei's concerns include the potential for AI systems to contribute to their own improvement, a process known as recursive self-improvement, which could allow them to advance faster than society's ability to understand or control them.

Amodei's comments have been supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla chief Elon Musk. According to Amodei, AI development has accelerated drastically faster in recent months, and some systems are increasingly capable of contributing to their own improvement. He raised concerns about the potential capabilities of networks of autonomous AI agents and the risks of cyberattacks, bioterrorism, and severe economic disruption.

Amodei suggested that slowing down AI development would give society time to understand and control the technology, while still allowing for progress to be made. He emphasized that not building the technology would deprive humanity of benefits, while building it too fast would be reckless. According to Dawn, Amodei's statement echoed another call by Anthropic in early June to slow or suspend development.

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