Since we don’t enforce pauses on most new technologies, I hope the reader will grant that the burden of proof is on those who advocate for such a moratorium.
In this essay, I’ll argue an AI pause would increase the risk of catastrophically bad outcomes,
Most technologies have a basically 0 risk of catastrophe. If you think the AI catastrophe risk is at all significant, your “burden of proof” is out the window. Most of that proof was already provided when we proved AI could cause catastrophes.
Most technologies have a basically 0 risk of catastrophe. If you think the AI catastrophe risk is at all significant, your “burden of proof” is out the window. Most of that proof was already provided when we proved AI could cause catastrophes.