Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman warned that “very subtle social discord” could wreak havoc on artificial intelligence systems. . The Associated Press reports:
“There are some things in there that you can easily imagine where things could actually go wrong. And I'm not that interested in killer robots walking down the street in a direction where things are going to go wrong,” Altman said. . “I'm more interested in the very subtle social inconsistencies where these systems just exist in society, without any particular malice, and things can go horribly wrong.” Altman emphasized that the AI industry, like OpenAI, should not be in the driver's seat when it comes to creating regulations governing the industry. “We're still in the process of having a lot of discussions. I mean, everyone around the world is having meetings. Everyone has ideas and policy documents, and that's fine,” Altman said. Ta. “I think we are still in a necessary and healthy period of discussion, but I think that at some point in the next few years we need to move towards an action plan that has real buy-in around the world.” […]
Altman, for his part, said it's heartening to see schools where teachers were concerned that students would use AI to write papers now embrace the technology as essential to their future. However, he added that AI is still in its infancy. “I think the reason is that the current technology we have is like the first cell phone with a black and white screen,” Altman said. “So give it some time, but I think in a few more years it's going to be a lot better than it is right now. And in 10 years, it's going to be pretty amazing.”
