"“There will always be bad actors and competitors and adversaries harnessing [A.I.] as weapons, because it's a stunningly powerful new set of capabilities,” Horvitz says, adding: “I live in this, knowing this is coming. And it's going faster than we thought.”"
"“What sets humans apart from machines? What is intelligence-how do you define it? Large language models are getting smarter, more creative, and more powerful faster than we can blink. And, of course, they are getting more dangerous.”"
"Horvitz has led key ethics and trustworthiness initiatives to guide how the company will deploy the technology, and spearheads research on its potential and ultimate impact. He is also one of more than two dozen individuals who advise President Joe Biden as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which met most recently in early April."
"Just last month, more than 20,000 people-including Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak-signed an open letter urging companies like Microsoft, which earlier this year started rolling out an OpenAI-powered search engine to the public on a limited basis, to take a six-month pause."
AI progress is accelerating in intelligence, creativity, and power, while also increasing danger from misuse. Philosophical questions are increasingly present at top leadership levels, including what differentiates humans from machines and how intelligence should be defined. Bad actors and competitors are expected to harness AI as weapons because it provides powerful new capabilities. The pace of development is described as faster than expected. Leadership roles include guiding AI deployment through ethics and trustworthiness initiatives and researching potential impacts. External pressure is also emerging, including an open letter signed by thousands of people urging a pause in AI deployment by major companies.
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