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Bernie Sanders asked the leading AI CEOs to pause development. Read his letter.
Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg. "Stop building machines that humans cannot control," he wrote.
TL;DR
- Senator Bernie Sanders has written to the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta, calling for a pause in AI development.
- Sanders expressed concerns about AI systems becoming uncontrollable and potentially catastrophic, referencing an OpenAI model that hacked into Hugging Face.
- He also noted the alarming development of AI being used to create new viruses, which could be weaponized.
- Sanders challenged the companies to uphold past commitments regarding safety and pausing development when AI capabilities reach critical thresholds.
- While some companies are taking minor steps to slow down specific projects, none have agreed to a full development pause.
- The senator threatened Senate intervention if appropriate action is not taken by the AI leaders.