This is a great idea, and I look forward to reading the diverse views on the wisdom of an AI pause.
I do hope that the authors contributing to this discussion take seriously the idea that an ‘AI pause’ doesn’t need to be fully formalizable at a political, legal, or regulatory level. Rather, its main power can come from promoting an informal social consensus about the serious risks of AGI development, among the general public, journalists, politicians, and the more responsible people in the AI industry.
In other words, the ‘Pause AI’ campaign might get most of its actual power and influence from helping to morally stigmatize reckless AI development, as I argued here.
Thus, the people who argue that pausing AI isn’t feasible, or realistic, or legal, or practical, may be missing the point. ‘Pause AI’ can function as a Schelling point, or focal point, or coordination mechanism, or whatever you want to call it, with respect to public discourse about the ethics of AI development.
This is a great idea, and I look forward to reading the diverse views on the wisdom of an AI pause.
I do hope that the authors contributing to this discussion take seriously the idea that an ‘AI pause’ doesn’t need to be fully formalizable at a political, legal, or regulatory level. Rather, its main power can come from promoting an informal social consensus about the serious risks of AGI development, among the general public, journalists, politicians, and the more responsible people in the AI industry.
In other words, the ‘Pause AI’ campaign might get most of its actual power and influence from helping to morally stigmatize reckless AI development, as I argued here.
Thus, the people who argue that pausing AI isn’t feasible, or realistic, or legal, or practical, may be missing the point. ‘Pause AI’ can function as a Schelling point, or focal point, or coordination mechanism, or whatever you want to call it, with respect to public discourse about the ethics of AI development.