Over 800 public figures, including "AI godfathers" and Steve Wozniak, sign open letter to ban superintelligent AI
A hot potato: Tech companies are in a race to create superintelligent AI, regardless of what the consequences of creating something much smarter than humans might be. It's led to hundreds of public figures from the world of tech, politics, media, education, religion, and even royalty signing an open letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligence until certain conditions are met.
Among the 800+ signatories are two of the "Godfathers of AI," Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson are on the list, too.
Former chief strategist to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen, Glenn Beck, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and musicians Will.I.am and Grimes also signed the letter. Even Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, feel strongly about the subject.
The letter calls for a prohibition on the development of superintelligent AI until there is both broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably and there is strong public support.
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