Tech Leaders and Celebrities Demand Halt to Superintelligent AI Development Citing Safety Concerns
An open letter signed by AI pioneers, business leaders, and celebrities calls for a moratorium on superintelligence development. The Future of Life Institute initiative reflects growing public concern about unregulated advanced AI systems.
High-Profile Coalition Calls for AI Development Pause
A diverse coalition of artificial intelligence pioneers, business leaders, celebrities, and policymakers has joined forces to demand a temporary halt to the development of superintelligent AI systems, according to reports from the nonprofit Future of Life Institute. The open letter, signed by more than 1,000 individuals, calls for a ban on pursuing artificial intelligence that could exceed human intelligence across most cognitive tasks until the technology can be proven safe and controllable.