AI needs a 'brake pedal', warns Anthropic co-founder
Key takeaways
- "You want the option to be able to take your foot off the gas and put your foot on the brake", Clark told BBC Newsnight.
- He stressed people, through government policy, need to keep control of AI systems, which will only get more powerful and have broader impacts on society.
- "The world needs to do some thinking and we need to eventually develop some new regulations that allow us to be confident in these systems," he said.
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Faisal Islam,Economics editorand Kali Hays,Technology Reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images Jack Clark was one of seven former Open AI employees to co-found Anthropic in 2021Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark has called for the ability to slow progression of artificial intelligence (AI), warning the technology is nearing a point where it could develop without human input.
"You want the option to be able to take your foot off the gas and put your foot on the brake", Clark told BBC Newsnight. "Right now, it's like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn't have a brake pedal."
He stressed people, through government policy, need to keep control of AI systems, which will only get more powerful and have broader impacts on society.