The document published by the Future of Life Institute was signed by about a thousand people, including Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, the founder of Tesla, and Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple.
According to the document
developers should temporarily stop artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence – AI) developments, the learning process of devices whose performance exceeds that of the so-called GPT-4 system, for a temporary period of 6 months.
GPT-4 is the latest learnable model of the OpenAI development company, which shows human-level performance based on a number of professional and scientific performance evaluations.
According to the letter, high-performance artificial intelligence systems can only be developed after "we can be sure that their effects are positive and the risk they pose can be managed."
They also draw attention to the fact that
currently, no one can understand, predict and reliably control the high-performance devices that are being developed in artificial intelligence laboratories.
Last November, an almost "arms race" developed between the large IT companies involved in the development of artificial intelligence, after OpenAI released its new chatbot, ChatGPT, which can interactively manage and apply inputted information, while using interpretation models to automate continuous communication with users.
In addition to OpenAI, the protagonists of the competition between companies are Google and Microsoft, but IBM, Amazon, Baidu and Tencent are also working on similar technology. The letter indicates that
the ever-increasing competition leads to its control slipping out of their hands and creating a digital mind with a power whose behavior even the creators themselves can no longer understand, predict and control.
Artificial intelligence experts have voiced their concerns that new artificial intelligence tools may, through their learning processes, become capable of biased responses, spread false information, and violate consumers' privacy rights.
MTI
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