Between Microsoft, Google, and now Meta developing AI tools, things have been moving at an alarmingly fast rate. Our friends over at Vox have some of the reasons why we should hit pause on the rapid development of AI (read: potential alignment issues), along with the most common objections to stopping progress and why they might not hold up:
There are many objections to the idea, ranging from “technological development is inevitable so trying to slow it down is futile” to “we don’t want to lose an AI arms race with China” to “the only way to make powerful AI safe is to first play with powerful AI.”
But these objections don’t necessarily stand up to scrutiny when you think through them. In fact, it is possible to slow down a developing technology. And in the case of AI, there’s good reason to think that would be a very good idea.
