Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’
Amodei, Altman, and Elon Musk agreen on how government can tame the monster they created
The leaders of major AI labs have reached an agreement to capture regulators, increase profits, and evade liability for their risky actions. They term this strategy as "pacing the frontier." Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei introduced this concept, expressing concern over the rapid advancement of AI and the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident.
He argued that all AI companies must act as if they were in the same situation as OpenAI. Amodei proposed a three-point plan to regulate AI, which includes requiring AI labs to host "embedded evaluators," establishing common safety standards with democratic countries, and seeking international coordination with authoritarian governments.
Both Anthropic's CEO and OpenAI's CEO endorsed these ideas, making them a shared set of rules for global AI regulation. However, some experts, like Gartner's chief research analyst Daryl Plummer, doubt the sincerity of Amodei's promise to slow AI development. Amodei also suggested specific actions, such as stopping Nvidia chip sales to China and cracking down on model distillation.
His proposals could potentially slow China's AI progress but might also hinder Chinese companies' services in emerging markets. The proposal has been met with criticism, with some lawmakers warning that it might stifle innovation and give China an advantage in AI.
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