AI experts push to pause superintelligence

A growing number of people — including AI pioneers and other prominent tech figures — want to stop the development of AI that can outperform all humans. A group of scientists, policymakers and actors is calling for a pause on superintelligence until it's proven safe and controllable.Why it matters: AI development is moving at breakneck speed with minimal oversight and with the full-throated endorsement of the Trump administration.AI "doomers" have lost their foothold with U.S. policymakers. But they're still trying to be heard, and are highly involved in global AI policy debates.Driving the news: The call to action, organized by the Future of Life Institute, has more than 800 signatures from a diverse group, including: AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, will.i.am and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.The group also released polling that found that three-quarters of U.S. adults want strong regulations on AI development, with 64% of those polled saying they want an "immediate pause" on advanced AI development, per a survey of 2,000 adults from Sept. 29 - Oct. 5.Yes, but: In early 2023, the Future of Life Institute and many of the same signatories published a similar letter calling for a six-month pause on training any models more powerful than GPT-4.That pause was largely ignored. What they're saying: "We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in," a statement from the group's website reads.

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