"AI "doomers" have lost their foothold with U.S. policymakers. But they're still trying to be heard, and are highly involved in global AI policy debates. Driving the news: The call to action, organized by the Future of Life Institute, has more than 800 signatures from a diverse group, including: AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, will.i.am and Joseph Gordon-Levitt."
"The group also released polling that found that three-quarters of U.S. adults want strong regulations on AI development, with 64% of those polled saying they want an "immediate pause" on advanced AI development, per a survey of 2,000 adults from Sept. 29 - Oct. 5. Yes, but: In early 2023, the Future of Life Institute and many of the same signatories published a similar letter calling for a six-month pause on training any models more powerful than GPT-4."
The Future of Life Institute organized a call to action signed by more than 800 individuals urging restrictions on advanced AI. Signatories include AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, will.i.am and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Polling cited by the group found that three-quarters of U.S. adults want strong AI regulations and 64% supported an immediate pause on advanced AI development, based on a survey of 2,000 adults from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5. The group reiterated a demand to prohibit development of superintelligence until broad scientific consensus and strong public buy-in exist.
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