In March 2023 an open letter was written, now signed by over 30,000 people, calling on all AI labs to pause the training of AI systems (more powerful than GPT-4) for 6 months. The rationale was to use this time to develop a set of shared safety protocols. You can read the open letter here […]
As we know any new technology has the power to do good, whilst at the same time will inevtiably used for the creation of p*rn and the exploitation of women. AI it seems is no exception. Some have argued that AI could create “victimless” p*rn, though I strongly suspect that ignores the impact on the […]
In his second Reith Lecture in 2021, Stuart Russell addresses the theme of AI in warfare. The first thought is this is a red-line not to cross, of course we wouldn’t want to create a robot army… but of course ethical dilemmas aren’t easy. Aside from these one can also imagine humanitarian and defensive usage […]
That’s the refrain of Prof. John Wyatt – he argues that the emergence of AI is a revolution event which requires us to ask some fundamental questions about humanity. This wide ranging discussion with Glen Scrivener, of Speak Life podcast considers some of the following topics: I love Wyatt’s thought on the future… if for […]
Yesterday, there was a facinating discussion on the future of AI. Elon Musk sat down with Benjamin Netanyahu, Max Tegmark and Greg Brockman. The spread of AI scenarios on offer range from ‘Human Extinction’ to ‘Paradise’ – quite a variance! There’s some interesting discussion early on about ‘Building Trust’ – could AI be constrained by […]
This week I sat down with a friend who’s been working in AI for the last 25 years. He was generous to give me a couple of hours of his time for just the cost of a cappuccino! Here’s a few things that struck me about our conversation: Moving forward we will need to consider: […]
18 years ago I was starting a Computer Science course at the University of Sussex… it doesn’t feel that long ago, but things have changed so much. We were getting excited about ubiquitous computing and wearable tech back then, which is now just normal life. I recently listened to the 2021 Reith Lectures with Stuart […]