Artificial intelligence has been growing across the technology industry as a prominent tool for information creation. Companies like Google and OpenAI have also made their AI products public, allowing millions of users access to high-end technology. One proposal is for pausing the development of large language models like the one behind ChatGPT until their implications for society can be better understood.
The idea of a pause, though, met resistance from some analysts and officials worried about losing the technological edge on China and other adversaries. “Artificial intelligence machine-learning is something that is resonant today and is something that our adversaries are going to continue to look to exploit,” Gen. Paul Nakasone of U.S. Cyber Command told House lawmakers.
Yudkowsky, who is widely read among AI researchers, said governments worldwide need to do more to clamp down on AI development. He argued that GPUs, specialized processing units used for the complex calculations involved in large language models, need to be tracked, that large GPU clusters need to be shut down, and that countries should be willing to"destroy a rogue data center by airstrike" to mitigate the AI threat.
Multiple cities and states have banned the use of facial recognition software. New York, for example, passed a law in 2021 prohibiting the software within schools. California passed a law in 2020 that banned law enforcement from using facial recognition in their body cameras. The European Union is considering a similar ban on facial recognition software.