It’s not too late to prevent the development of runaway machine intelligence. Don’t let people tell you it is. That’s how humanity loses.
We still have not lost.
When we talk to politicians, the number one response we get is “Wait, that's really bad. I don't want that either. n still do this. We can ban the development of runaway machine intelligence before it is built.
ControlAI’s US Executive Director @NPCollapse, with @JonesDanny:
We still have not lost.
When we talk to politicians, the number one response we get is “Wait, that's really bad. I don't want that either. n still do this. We can ban the development of runaway machine intelligence before it is built.
ControlAI’s US Executive Director @NPCollapse, with @JonesDanny:
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Google DeepMind Chair Demis Hassabis: closed loop RSI is “very dangerous”.
“You don't quite know how do you keep control of such a system, such a process.”
“It's going to be like an alien intelligence.”
“You don't quite know how do you keep control of such a system, such a process.”
“It's going to be like an alien intelligence.”
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Believing this while building more capable models is insane. Believing it while pushing legislation that would make it even harder for the government to stop you is unconscionable.
In resurfaced footage of Dario Amodei being interviewed, the Anthropic CEO says there will be AIs so powerful that if they want to destroy humanity, “we have basically no ability to stop it.”
“There will be powerful models. They will be agentic. We’re getting towards them.”
“If wreak havoc and destroy humanity or whatever, I think we have basically no ability to stop it.”
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We can’t afford to be too late on this. The time to ban the development of runaway machine intelligence is now.
Read the full story: blog.controlai.org/p/125-uk-and-c…
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Ultimately, nobody knows with certainty how soon runaway machine intelligence may be built. What’s clear is that right now our species is on a collision course with AI that could escape our control and overpower us, and we must step off this path before it’s too late.
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Building this support can’t wait. AI companies and many outside experts believe that runaway machine intelligence could arrive within 2-5 years. This week, evidence has emerged that this could happen even sooner.
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This is a completely unacceptable risk to run. Runaway machine intelligence built in any country is a threat to everyone, so the solution must be international. That’s why we recommend an international ban on its development, implemented via a “trust but verify” regime.
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Leading AI scientists, such as Geoffrey Irving, who until recently was the Chief Scientist of the UK government’s AI Security Institute, are warning that its development poses a risk of human extinction. He believes the chance of this happening is around that of a “coin flip.”
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Runaway machine intelligence would be capable of outcompeting and replacing humans across the board, and would threaten humanity’s ability to stay in control of our future. Building it is the key focus of AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind.
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We’ve achieved this with just one member of staff based in Canada, Samuel Buteau, an AI scientist with over a decade of technical experience. He’s personally briefed over 120 Canadian lawmakers.
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Just this week, that’s grown to over 40 MPs and Senators. The campaign represents a broad cross-party coalition, with Liberal and Conservative MPs, the Bloc Québécois caucus, and Senators from across the chamber backing the call.
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Earlier in the year, we launched our Canadian campaign with just over 30 MPs and Senators calling for Canada to negotiate an international ban on the development of runaway machine intelligence, recognizing the risk of human extinction posed by the technology.
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Commenting on the bill’s introduction to Parliament, Geoffrey Hinton, one of the godfathers of AI, who won the Nobel Prize for his foundational work, said:
“Losing control over AI smarter than ourselves could be catastrophic and could even lead to human extinction.”
“Losing control over AI smarter than ourselves could be catastrophic and could even lead to human extinction.”
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The bill has been endorsed by Sir Stephen Fry and Professor Stuart Russell, who wrote the authoritative textbook on AI, along with OpenAI whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo, former UK Defence Secretary Lord Browne of Ladyton, and Beatrice Fihn, who led ICAN to the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The bill would prohibit the development of runaway machine intelligence in the UK, and require the government to pursue an international ban. It would also give the government powers to monitor and restrict precursors, while allowing the UK to pursue its strategic AI ambitions.
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We’re happy to report that the letter now has 86 signatories. That’s 86 lawmakers publicly backing a concrete piece of proposed legislation to ban runaway machine intelligence.
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Incredibly, days after the bill was introduced, 70 of Sobel’s colleagues in Parliament joined him in a letter to the UK’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham, calling for the government to adopt the bill and work towards an international agreement banning runaway machine intelligence.
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On September 8, Alex Sobel MP introduced ControlAI’s UK Artificial Superintelligence Security Bill in the UK House of Commons, supported by MPs from across parties. This is the first bill to ban runaway machine intelligence ever introduced in a legislature anywhere in the world.
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