Anthropic proposes a global slowdown of AI development
Key takeaways
- The company says it's concerned about AI being able to build its own successors.
- Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images Anthropic says AI is developing so fast, the trend points towards systems becoming capable of developing their own successor.
- The company is one of the leading names in the AI race today, and unlike its competitors that have yet to make money, it's reportedly on track to have its first profitable quarter.
The company says it's concerned about AI being able to build its own successors.
Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images Anthropic says AI is developing so fast, the trend points towards systems becoming capable of developing their own successor. We're not there yet, but it believes it "could come sooner than most institutions are prepared for." In a blog post, Anthropic explains that AI that can build itself could "bring enormous good for the world" in the fields of science and healthcare, among others. However, it might also "increase the risks of humans losing control over AI systems." So how can humanity prevent Skynet from becoming a real thing? Anthropic is suggesting that the answer is the global slowdown or the temporary pause of AI development "to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology."
The company is one of the leading names in the AI race today, and unlike its competitors that have yet to make money, it's reportedly on track to have its first profitable quarter. It recently filed paperwork with the SEC to go public, likely before the year ends. As The Wall Street Journal notes, critics suggest that Anthropic's warnings about its own technology are a marketing ploy, perhaps in an effort to make it look like the least egregious among all the AI companies or to make it appear as if its products are the best out there.