A Pause on Frontier AI Development

Report from the march to Stop the AI Race by Robin Sloan

But I also agree that the world would ben­efit from a pause in fron­tier model devel­op­ment. The weird thing about this debate is that no one, not even the most hyped-up accelerationist, dis­agrees about the situation:

1. Here is a powerful technology,
2. operating in a way that no one really understands,
3. with profound effects on the economy, not to mention human psychology,
4. that are very difficult, maybe impossible, to make plans around.

I agree. Where we are right now is enough to keep businesses and people busy for years to come. Let’s pause and reflect and see how we can evolve society to incorporate AI.