Vance to AI leaders: 'If you're building Frankenstein, stop'
Vice President Vance weighed in on the ongoing AI safety debate Tuesday, pressing those behind the technology to be careful. “The president, I think, is very rightly asking the question, ‘Why is it that the people who are at the frontier of the AI economy are throwing up their hands and saying, Well, we've built...
Former Vice President JD Vance has dismissed calls for global regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) safety risks, telling companies developing the most advanced models to "stop" building them. In remarks targeted at Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, Vance warned that if companies create "Frankenstein" AI systems, they should not seek government regulation; instead, they should look inward and accept the responsibility of building safe AI.
Vance's comments came in response to Amodei's warning that rapidly advancing AI could potentially take over the entire internet within six to 12 months, a claim many find dubious. Amodei also suggested a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within ten years, a warning that has fueled concerns about AI safety risks.
Vance's stance differs from that of President Donald Trump, who has downplayed the dangers of AI, calling it a "hoax" and claiming it will be "the greatest economic development engine in history." Vance suspects AI leaders are exaggerating safety risks to gain control over the development of the technology and potentially limit competition.
Anthropic's alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, echoed concerns about the risk of AI, stating that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within 10 years, following a warning from researcher Jacob Coxon who recently quit the company. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has advocated for unilateral safety actions by companies, having delayed the release of its latest AI model, Muse, for several months to focus on safety and security.
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