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The AI kill switch, explained: 'It's not too little, but it's probably too late'
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The question has echoed around dinner tables and family group texts in recent days as AI doomerism has hit a fever pitch.
Key facts
- President Donald Trump called it a "hoax," while Jensen Huang, CEO of the world's most valuable company, Nvidia, said, "The team don't need new regulations
- Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the world's richest man, supported the call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to pace the developmen t of the most advanced models
- Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to create a group of experts tasked with building an AI safety guide to strengthen regulations for the state
- My perspective is it's not too little, but it's probably too late," said Nick Warner, CEO at cyber startup Neo and former executive at SentinelOne
Summary
Now, the world's most powerful people are divided on whether the world is doomed or it's all a nothingburger. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the world's richest man, supported the call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to pace the developmen t of the most advanced models. President Donald Trump called it a "hoax," while Jensen Huang, CEO of the world's most valuable company, Nvidia, said, "The team don't need new regulations. As runaway AI worries reached a crescendo, policymakers in Washington have renewed calls for a magic stop button for AI, otherwise known as a kill switch.