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FLI’s President and CEO on Trump’s support for an AI ‘kill switch’
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President Trump said during an interview aired yesterday by Fox Business that “there should be” when asked if AI needs safeguards or a ‘kill switch.’ A full statement from FLI President and CEO Anthony Aguirre is below.
Key facts
- The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is the world’s oldest and largest AI think tank, with a team of 35+ full-time staff operating across the US and Europe
- President Trump said during an interview aired yesterday by Fox Business that “there should be” when asked if AI needs safeguards or a ‘kill switch
- Anthony Aguirre, President and CEO of the Future of Life Institute, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s support of AI safeguards and a ‘kill switch
- FLI has been working to steer the development of transformative technologies towards benefitting life and away from extreme large-scale risks since its founding in 2014
Summary
Anthropic’s Mythos model has rocked the AI and cybersecurity world, demonstrating how vulnerable the internet, their economy, and their society are to increasingly powerful AI systems. The UK AI Security Institute’s report describing their testing of Mythos showed “a step up over previous frontier models in a landscape where cyber performance was already rapidly improving.” The report also noted that Mythos could complete a “32-step corporate network attack simulation spanning initial reconnaissance through to full network takeover, which we estimate to require humans 20 hours to complete.” Meanwhile, an AI arms race is breaking out with countries developing ever more sophisticated AI weapons and AI-integrated weapons platforms.