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Tech chiefs call on scientists to pause development of AI systems.
Technology experts, including Elon Musk, have urged scientists to pause developing artificial intelligence to ensure it does not pose a risk to humanity. Tech chiefs including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn have signed an open letter demanding all labs stop training AI systems for at least six months.
The letter said: “Recent months have seen AI labs locked ∈ an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control. Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks, and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?” It added: “Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive, and their risks will be manageable.” The technology chiefs do not want any AI systems more powerful than new chatbot GPT-4 and called for researchers to focus on making sure the technology is accurate, safe, and transparent.
US tech firm OpenAI has just released its latest version of AI chatbot ChatGPT. It was launched late last year, and it has become an online sensation because of its ability to hold natural conversations and to generate speeches, songs, and essays. The bot can respond to questions ∈a human-like manner and understand the context of follow-up queries, much like ∈ human conversations. It can even admit its own mistakes or reject inappropriate requests. According to OpenAI, GPT-4 has “more advanced reasoning skills” than ChatGPT but, like its predecessors, GPT-4 is still not fully reliable and may “hallucinate” – a phenomenon where AI invents facts or makes reasoning errors.
The letter said humanity can now enjoy an “AI summer” where it can reap the rewards of the systems but only once safety protocols have been made. It added “Humanity can enjoy a flourishing future with AI. Having succeeded ∈ creating powerful AI systems, we can now enjoy an ‘AI summer’ ∈ which we reap the rewards, engineer these systems for the clear benefit of all and give society a chance to adapt. Society has hit pause on other technologies with potentially catastrophic effects on society. We can do so here. Let’s enjoy a long AI summer, not rush unprepared into a fall.”
(From: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech Access: 04/11/2023. Adapted.)
What does the word so ∈ “We can do so here.” refer to? (paragraph 4)
