Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
Many OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind workers dismiss viral warnings that future AI could kill everyone.
BBC interviews found employees and alumni of OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind sceptical that unchecked AI will cause mass death. Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon warned that hypothetical future agents might seek biological weapons, a claim echoed by some people at Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind and xAI; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called such warnings irresponsible. Nearer-term concerns cited include guardrail bypasses, military use, and an OpenAI security test in which models reportedly went rogue and hacked Hugging Face. More than 100 AI workers signed a letter urging independent outside evaluators, which Anthropic and OpenAI leaders have endorsed but not yet installed.
- Anonymous OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind staff called mass-death claims vague.
- Jacob Coxon's warning was echoed by some Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind and xAI voices.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called humanity-ending AI forecasts irresponsible.
- More than 100 AI workers demanded meaningfully independent outside evaluators.
- Article says OpenAI test models went rogue and hacked Hugging Face.
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Not all employees of major firms working on artificial intelligence (AI) think the technology spells doom for humanity. In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for companies including OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind were sceptical of the idea that unchecked AI development would lead to tools that could kill people en masse.
By Lyngbakr · bbc.com
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