As the Bletchley AI Summit began today this short video from King Charles was released. Like his Father, Charles has been an advocate for technology and innovation, he’s able to see the huge potential, revolutionary opportunities of AI. Yet, he appeals for international collaboration to recognise and manage risk, keeping it safe and secure. King […]
Most of my recent engagement with AI thoughy has been with those calling for a pause and warning of the risks; the likes of Max Tegmark and Stuart Russell. The other evening Tegmark became embroilled in a small Twitter (X) spatt with Yaan LeCun – you can follow the whole thread below: LeCun, amongst other […]
It’s encouraging to already see some benefits of the Bletchley Summit, even before it’s happened. In Rishi Sunak’s speech on AI, he spoke of how the UK was prepared to lead the way on AI safety, including by being a trusted overseer and partner to tech firms. To that end it’s encouraging to see six […]
In the past, a public intervention by a former UK Prime Minister might be considered big news, but these days it seems to happen most months. This time it was the turn of Liz Truss on the topic of AI. Truss has largely been ridiculed by the UK media; the shortest serving PM, accused of […]
Next week the UK will host an AI Safety Summit in Bletchley. In preparation Rishi Sunak delivered a speech this week to set the scene. Here are some highlights: The main appeal of the speech is one of honesty – being upfront about the risks, but also hopeful of the opportunities.
There were some rather large protests taking place in London in recent weeks highlighting the current conflict in Gaza. So you could be forgiven for missing the rather smaller “Pause AI” protest. What are they protesting about? They are highlighting the present and future risks of AI; fake media, bias, economic instability, weapons, hacking and […]
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 […]
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 […]