Dario Amodei · Anthropic · OpenAI · China · Sam Altman · Elon Musk · BBC Technology
Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like
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There has been no shortage of warnings from AI's top bosses about existential threats over the years.
Key facts
- The reporter attended the world's first AI safety summit in Bletchley Park in November 2023 where the focus was on the most serious threats imaginable, posed by the most powerful AI models
- On Saturday head of AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, urged the pace of development to be slowed down
- the bosses of two rival AI firms, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk said they agreed with him
- Nobody has given a substantive explanation of what 'slowdown' means," said Ed Zitron, CEO of EZ Primary Research
- On Sunday President Trump made his own views clear, claiming the US was ahead of China in the AI race and declaring: "Whoever wins AI, wins
Summary
The reporter attended the world's first AI safety summit in Bletchley Park in November 2023 where the focus was on the most serious threats imaginable, posed by the most powerful AI models. At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams. On Saturday head of AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, urged the pace of development to be slowed down - the bosses of two rival AI firms, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk said they agreed with him. Meanwhile AI researcher Jacob Coxon - who quit Anthropic - told the BBC on Sunday staff who were developing the systems were "genuinely frightened" for the future of humanity.