Tech Giants Call For a Pause in AI Experiments, Fearing "Profound Risks to Society"

[Dave123]

Billionaire mogul Elon Musk and a range of experts called on Wednesday for a pause in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems to allow time to make sure they are safe.

An open letter, signed by more than 1,000 people so far including Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, was prompted by the release of GPT-4 from Microsoft-backed firm OpenAI.

The company says its latest model is much more powerful than the previous version, which was used to power ChatGPT, a bot capable of generating tracts of text from the briefest of prompts. "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity," said the open letter titled "Pause Giant AI Experiments". "Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," it said. Musk was an initial investor in OpenAI, spent years on its board, and his car firm Tesla develops AI systems to help power its self-driving technology, among other applications.

The letter, hosted by the Musk-funded Future of Life Institute, was signed by prominent critics as well as competitors of OpenAI like Stability AI chief Emad Mostaque. Canadian AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, also a signatory, at a virtual press conference in Montreal warned "that society is not ready" for this powerful tool, and its possible misuses. "Let's slow down. Let's make sure that we develop better guardrails," he said, calling for a thorough international discussion about AI and its implications, "like we've done for nuclear power and nuclear weapons."


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[Andiamo]

calling for a thorough international discussion about AI and its implications, "like we've done for nuclear power and nuclear weapons."

Yes, and we see how well that has worked out with Iran.
No amount of discussion is going to put this back into the box.
It's out.

 

[Dave123]

I don't believe that there is going to be a pause, at least not one that will mean anything. China is not pausing, and neither is Russia. In fact, there is some scuttlebutt out there that China may actually be ahead of us in the area of AI.

AI technology, I believe will be how the Antichrist gives the illusions of omnipresence and omniscience. It will be how the false prophet performs lying signs and wonders.

 

[depserv]

Tech giants deliberately corrupted our democratic system and caused a known traitor to be placed into the office of the president, and that betrayal has caused America to fall into a downward death spiral. So I really don't think these people care about any potential damage that might be caused by new technology. If anything, they just want to make sure that their comrades in communist China beat us to the development of this technology.

One big problem I see is that AI can cause a great many people to lose their jobs. Once AI is capable of driving cars for example, just look at all the things that humans will no longer be necessary for. And I'm not just talking about truck drivers. Everything from warehouse work and stocking shelves to accounting and farming can be done mostly by machines; we are already replacing human cashiers in many stores. Even most of what we see in TV and move fiction is so formula it could be done as well (and probably better) by machines (and when I talk about TV fiction that includes the fake news too).

AI programs could handle criminal and civil trials, with a trial lasting milliseconds instead of months. AI programs selected by popular vote might even replace human politicians (and they couldn't be any worse than what we have now). AI programs might eventually even write those programs, so no human has to be bothered with it.

A utopian fantasy would have us all living in luxury while machines do all the work, including all the thinking. But I do not think the reality would be anything like that. I think the old saying idle hands are the devil's playthings would play out in a really big way. And then there's the Terminator movie concept.

AI is like any other tool, just more sophisticated. Look at what we have done with other tools and it suggests that maybe we will use this one to our benefit. But think about how destructive even a primitive tool like a hammer can be in the wrong hands. Given the potential power of AI it could be hugely destructive. But not necessarily. It just depends on how smart we are with it, and whether we are guided by God or by our own human desires.

 

[Catchaway]

Tech giants deliberately corrupted our democratic system and caused a known traitor to be placed into the office of the president, and that betrayal has caused America to fall into a downward death spiral. So I really don't think these people care about any potential damage that might be caused by new technology. If anything, they just want to make sure that their comrades in communist China beat us to the development of this technology.

One big problem I see is that AI can cause a great many people to lose their jobs. Once AI is capable of driving cars for example, just look at all the things that humans will no longer be necessary for. And I'm not just talking about truck drivers. Everything from warehouse work and stocking shelves to accounting and farming can be done mostly by machines; we are already replacing human cashiers in many stores. Even most of what we see in TV and move fiction is so formula it could be done as well (and probably better) by machines (and when I talk about TV fiction that includes the fake news too).

AI programs could handle criminal and civil trials, with a trial lasting milliseconds instead of months. AI programs selected by popular vote might even replace human politicians (and they couldn't be any worse than what we have now). AI programs might eventually even write those programs, so no human has to be bothered with it.

A utopian fantasy would have us all living in luxury while machines do all the work, including all the thinking. But I do not think the reality would be anything like that. I think the old saying idle hands are the devil's playthings would play out in a really big way. And then there's the Terminator movie concept.

AI is like any other tool, just more sophisticated. Look at what we have done with other tools and it suggests that maybe we will use this one to our benefit. But think about how destructive even a primitive tool like a hammer can be in the wrong hands. Given the potential power of AI it could be hugely destructive. But not necessarily. It just depends on how smart we are with it, and whether we are guided by God or by our own human desires.

I agree with where you think we are going with AI. However this just proves to me Christ is returning soon. Prophecy has a shelf life. What you are describing is a society whose technology is greater than what we see happening in the Bible at the time of the tribulation

 

[Bethlehem57]

Yes, and we see how well that has worked out with Iran.
No amount of discussion is going to put this back into the box.
It's out.

I was listening to a prophecy update from Billy Crone where he talks about science having already modified most animal and insect species to the point that everything in Creation is being “monkeyed with” in terms of AI engineering . I didn’t get to finish it yet, but its certainly timely. All you need to do to find it is to search “Billy Crone prophecy update” I believe.

 

[NewWine2020]

Tech giants deliberately corrupted our democratic system and caused a known traitor to be placed into the office of the president, and that betrayal has caused America to fall into a downward death spiral. So I really don't think these people care about any potential damage that might be caused by new technology. If anything, they just want to make sure that their comrades in communist China beat us to the development of this technology.

One big problem I see is that AI can cause a great many people to lose their jobs. Once AI is capable of driving cars for example, just look at all the things that humans will no longer be necessary for. And I'm not just talking about truck drivers. Everything from warehouse work and stocking shelves to accounting and farming can be done mostly by machines; we are already replacing human cashiers in many stores. Even most of what we see in TV and move fiction is so formula it could be done as well (and probably better) by machines (and when I talk about TV fiction that includes the fake news too).

AI programs could handle criminal and civil trials, with a trial lasting milliseconds instead of months. AI programs selected by popular vote might even replace human politicians (and they couldn't be any worse than what we have now). AI programs might eventually even write those programs, so no human has to be bothered with it.

A utopian fantasy would have us all living in luxury while machines do all the work, including all the thinking. But I do not think the reality would be anything like that. I think the old saying idle hands are the devil's playthings would play out in a really big way. And then there's the Terminator movie concept.

AI is like any other tool, just more sophisticated. Look at what we have done with other tools and it suggests that maybe we will use this one to our benefit. But think about how destructive even a primitive tool like a hammer can be in the wrong hands. Given the potential power of AI it could be hugely destructive. But not necessarily. It just depends on how smart we are with it, and whether we are guided by God or by our own human desires.

And this is why the globalists are trying to find ways to cull the world (promoting same sex relationships & abortion) of those they perceive as "useless eaters" (which is most of us).

Their version of a high tech future is so much like communism...sounds good in theory but in practice would be a living hell for all but a select few.

 

[jayhawkbasketball]

In five years every electronic device will be AI driven. Smart phone, tv, video games, fridge, dishwasher, car, home network, all of it. Then it won’t just be listening, it will be listening AND reacting.

Talked about buying a gun in your living room. Reported to local authorities instantly.

Made a joke that ain’t woke? Displayed on LinkedIn so your employer and peers can judge what to do.

$50,000 of your money controlled by AI was just donated to TLMMM (Trans Lives Matter Militant Moms) in the name of diversity and inclusivenesses. Thank you, you’ll find an AI generated appreciation note in your Gmail.

Your Gmail will send messages for you, that you didn’t ask for it to create or send.

Your neighbors Ring cam spotted your car leaving at 2am, which is out of your normal, predictable routine. Flagged, filed and saved for future analysis. (Your Venmo account was auto deducted $500 for excessive carbon emissions during a non approved carbon release time slot.)

The silver bars you’ve been hiding in your safe in your finished basement were easier to locate due to your Roomba cleaning device actually being an indoor “scanning and mapping device” that relays room dimensions and interior layouts back to a non descript building in suburban Virginia that doubles as an NSA listening post and data collection node.

Remember all those unseemly websites you looked at in 2022, and all those things you said about your best friend when they were getting divorced? A website was just generated with all of that content and released to the public to give you an opportunity to improve your mental health by publicly displaying your misdeeds so that you can publicly apologize.

The Golden Girls were cancelled in 2025, but brought back in 2026 with a more “sensitive, tolerant, inclusive” Sofia who now has her lines deepfaked in order to promote a more realistic betrayal of Italian American immigrants.

A new YouTube Pro+ site was just created for you. Thank you for using your artificial avatar and likeness to support the Hamas incursion into Haifa. Would you like to post this in the MetaVerse or InstagramGold? Please choose one.

Starlink has noted the natural heat plume created by your log cabin. No AI emissions were noted at your location. The ATF + C have been dispatched to your residence to investigate. Your carbon credits have been depleted and you will be re-educated in what used to be an Amazon distribution center. Please put on two masks before the agents arrive and have your vaccination status easily accessible. The drone will monitor your heat signature while you wait.

Believe it or not, I’m pretty fun at parties. : )

 

[lightofmylife]

Robots would take over peoples jobs this is all weird stuff that is going on. Here is a link about technology scriptures from The . https://www.openbible.info/topics/technology_and_the_end_of_times

 

[Romans10:9]

Robots would take over peoples jobs this is all weird stuff that is going on. Here is a link about technology scriptures from The . https://www.openbible.info/topics/technology_and_the_end_of_times

Thank you for sharing this website! I haven’t seen this before in a comprehensive place.

 

[lightofmylife]

Thank you for sharing this website! I haven’t seen this before in a comprehensive place.

We need a Your Welcome emoticon. I think it is informative about the subject of technology. I do not trust Elon Musk because he is in the WEF, and he is also into transhumanism which is about joining man and machine. All I can say is this is leading up to the ac/false prophet and the mark of the beast. No one down here will live forever. They better get saved so they can live forever in heaven.

 

[Romans10:9]

I think it is informative about the subject of technology. I do not trust Elon Musk because he is in the WEF, and he is also into transhumanism which is about joining man and machine. All I can say is this is leading up to the ac/false prophet and the mark of the beast. No one down here will live forever. They better get saved so they can live forever in heaven.

Yes, indeed. I believe this is leading to the ac/fp and mob, as well. Praying they would come to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. There is no hope outside of Christ. Thank you again!

 

[lightofmylife]

Yes, indeed. I believe this is leading to the ac/fp and mob, as well. Praying they would come to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. There is no hope outside of Christ. Thank you again!

Your Welcome again!

 

[kathymendel]

Several things went through my mind as I'm reading this thread.

1) They are creating AI to take over jobs.................because they are planning to "off" a lot of us.
If jobs are gone, many of us will be included in the "non-productive" group of people.

2) They think they will be sitting pretty in the new reality they have created. Just like they thought
when they were building the tower of babel.

3) It will be "shock and awe" to them, when they realize there is One who will stop them dead in their tracks,
and all their plans will come to naught. Woe to them!!!

 

[Jan51]

I saw something funny about the irony of computers now asking us to prove we are not robots. LOL

 

[lightofmylife]

I no robot don't speak like one or look like one.

 

[Spartan Sprinter 1]

I was listening to a prophecy update from Billy Crone where he talks about science having already modified most animal and insect species to the point that everything in Creation is being “monkeyed with” in terms of AI engineering . I didn’t get to finish it yet, but its certainly timely. All you need to do to find it is to search “Billy Crone prophecy update” I believe.

Yeah you most likely find it on his website Get a life media as the You tube Illuminati are messing with his videos

 

[Carl]

I just watched a program about a family on their farm. They had sold the farm and after the new owner had practically ruined it for farming the mother bought it back. The kids are now experimenting with new ways to farm and new types of crops. One thing that caught my interest was the type of crops being tried and how they were planted. Then it showed the large dead zone in the Gulf by New Orleans. Mentioned that it was caused by the run off of nitrates used in high yield corn raising. Then it talked about the brothers planting corn with clover or alfalfa and that the clover and alfalfa make nitrogen while the corn uses it. So they have very little loss of production without the use of massive amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. That is something new for farmers.
Wonder if AI would have thought of that?

 

[JoyJoyJoy]

They are creating AI to take over jobs.................because they are planning to "off" a lot of us.
If jobs are gone, many of us will be included in the "non-productive" group of people.

Kathy, 'they' could off me. A better place is in my future. You probably feel about the same.

My concern is for the life that awaits my grandchildren. They are 8,10 & 12. All 3 claim to know and believe in Jesus for salvation. I pray for Jesus to come.
I know people are born at the correct time. It's just hard to imagine a future with this AI stuff being pushed, along with all of the other evils in the world.

 

[Carl]

I really like and appreciate Elon Musk! I get so encouraged when he speaks. Because mostly he wants to help the little people. Or what he talks about is for the good.