Artificial intelligence inspires hope. Hope drives technology companies and their researchers to make ever-more-intelligent programs to manage enormous amounts of data that improve every single sector of our economy and help us achieve great new things for the common good.
But that's not the only hope that drives technology. There's also the drive for profit and for control - neither of which is evil in itself, but can easily be used for selfish or evil goals. Every technology breakthrough for the common good can be corrupted, like what has happened to social media.
Some technology leaders, including Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, are really worried.
They got together to write an open letter: It calls on AI labs to quit advancing for six months due to "profound risks."
(cont'd tomorrow)
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