Another Google Deepmind researcher quits, says building superintelligent AI soon is "inherently irresponsible"
DeepMind researcher Robert O'Callahan resigns, calling near-term superintelligent AI inherently irresponsible.
Robert O'Callahan, a Google DeepMind technical expert in New Zealand who worked on chip-design tools that made AI cheaper and faster, resigned over AI risk. He says the current pace of change is too high and that aiming for artificial superintelligence soon is inherently irresponsible, citing cognitive harm, loneliness, concentrated power, economic disruption, cybersecurity risk, and weak accountability. He links to Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares’s “If Anyone Builds It” without endorsing its claim that superintelligence inevitably causes catastrophe. The piece also notes an Axios report on a White House memo criticizing effective altruism and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
- Robert O'Callahan left Google DeepMind over AI risk.
- He says near-term artificial superintelligence is inherently irresponsible.
- He cites psychosis, loneliness, power concentration, and cyber risk.
- He references Yudkowsky and Soares without endorsing their catastrophe claim.
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Google Deepmind researcher Robert O'Callahan has quit, saying AI's "current rate of change is far too high." He worked on chip design tools that helped make AI cheaper and faster, a contribution he can no longer justify. Many colleagues share his concerns but rarely speak out, he says.
By Matthias Bastian · the-decoder.com
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