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- Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer says that he does not agree with those who call for a stop to AI development. This includes Elon Musk.
- Eric Horvitz, Fortune's senior editor, said that it is "reasonable" to be worried but we should "jump right in and not pause."
- Microsoft has invested billions in a partnership between OpenAI and ChatGPT, the company that created ChatGPT.
Microsoft's chief scientist has responded to an open letter signed Elon Musk, and thousands of other people calling for a stop on AI development.
Eric Horvitz, in an interview with Fortune published on Sunday, said that while he respected the people who had signed the letter and appreciated that people may have concerns about AI he believed that an "acceleration", not a pause, was actually needed.
He told Fortune that he "really respects" those who signed the letter. "I think people are justified in their concerns. I'd rather see more research and development and a faster pace of it than a six-month pause, which is not even feasible." It's an ill-defined demand in many ways."
Horvitz added: "Six months is not a long time to take a break. We should invest more time in guiding, regulating and understanding this technology.
Microsoft has invested billions in a partnership between OpenAI and ChatGPT, the company that developed ChatGPT.
In a letter published by the Future of Life Institute in late March, the non-profit organization claimed that AI labs are "locked in a race out of control to develop and deploy the technology" without adequate safety protocols. The letter's signatories demanded a six-month hiatus on the development and deployment of AI systems that are more powerful than OpenAI GPT-4 which was launched earlier in March.
The letter's signatories may not be the only ones concerned.
Geoffrey Hinton (a computer scientist at Google who has worked for over a decade, and is known as "the Godfather" of AI) told The New York Times on Monday that he regrets playing a fundamental role in the development of artificial intelligence.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also responded to the letter from March. He said at a recent MIT conference that he agreed with some of the points, but that the letter lacked "technical nuance" about the places where pauses are needed.
Musk, who did not respond to Insider's request for comment, confirmed recent reports that he wanted to create an AI startup in order to compete with ChatGPT.
Musk founded OpenAI with Altman, among others, in 2015. He left the board of directors in 2018. Musk initially stated that the reason was to avoid any conflict of interest between Tesla and OpenAI. However, he later revealed that another factor was because he "didn’t agree with what OpenAI wanted to do."
Musk has repeatedly criticised OpenAI since stepping down as a board member.
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By: sjackson@insider.com (Sarah Jackson)
Title: Microsoft’s chief scientific officer says there’s no need for a pause on AI — despite what Elon Musk says
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-executive-elon-musk-ai-acceleration-not-pause-open-letter-2023-5
Published Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 17:32:11 +0000
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