Anthropic urges ‘temporary pause’ on AI development to discuss risks
Anthropic has proposed a worldwide pause on AI development and plans to convene policymakers to discuss advanced AI dangers, though some critics see it as a marketing move.
Announcement that ‘policymakers’ need to be convened by US firm viewed as marketing ploy by some experts
Anthropic has floated the idea of a worldwide “temporary pause” on AI development – and said it was going to convene “policymakers” to discuss the dangers of advanced AI – in its latest release touting the capabilities of its products.
In a long post on Thursday, Anthropic detailed the progress of its AI model, Claude, towards “recursive self improvement” – that is, being able to make better and more powerful versions of itself. Recursive self-improvement is a bugbear of AI safety researchers, viewed as the key step for AI to become superintelligent and therefore unleash widespread consequences on humanity.
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