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MIT Technology Review claim the US should say any model that can make new molecules is subject to that monitoring
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MIT Technology Review claim they should approach China and say, “Hey, let’s agree on this.
Key facts
- MIT Technology Review: You talk about the benefits of AI in your essay as well as the costs
- MIT Technology Review: Some of what you’re talking about is AI becoming more intelligent than humans
- The view from the Gates Ventures conference room overlooks the Carillon Point Marina, where a flotilla of expensive boats bob in the water, and across the lake to the Olympic Mountains that define
- The reporter view bioterrorism risk, versus a natural pandemic, as about 50 times more scary, more likely than a natural pandemic risk
Summary
It’s a glorious day in Kirkland, Washington, an affluent Seattle suburb on the eastern shore of Lake Washington. Because if the scene is placid, the messenger is not. The philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO says he has been growing increasingly alarmed by the rate of change at which AI technology is advancing, especially since guardrails are not keeping pace. In an effort to wake the world up to what he sees as a rapidly growing societal disrupter, the 70-year-old tech titan has begun sounding the alarm as a “shrill voice,” both publicly with his new essay (the first of multiple he plans on the topic) and in meetings with the press, and privately in conversations with industry, government, and civil society leaders. And while Gates is calling attention to several issues, his warnings about the bio-capabilities of the current frontier models are especially chilling.