AI HOW IT COULD DESTROY A
BY JON GAMBRELL
rtificial intelligence poses an “existential risk” to hu-
manity, a key innovator warned during a visit to the United Arab Emirates in June, suggest- ing a global organization like the International Atomic En- ergy Agency oversee the ground- breaking technology. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
was on a global tour to discuss artificial intelligence, reports the Associated Press. “We face serious risk. We face
existential risk,” said Altman, 38. “The challenge that the world has is how we’re going to man- age those risks and make sure we still get to enjoy those tremen- dous benefits. No one wants to destroy the world.” OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a popu-
lar chatbot, has grabbed the world’s attention as it offers essay-like answers to prompts from users. Microsoft has invest- ed some $1 billion in OpenAI.
REGULATION OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, speaking in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in June, suggested a global organization like the International Atomic Energy Agency could oversee artificial intelligence worldwide.
risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” Altman made a point to refer-
ence the IAEA, the United Na- tions nuclear watchdog, as an example of how the world came together to oversee nuclear pow-
“The challenge that the world has is how we’re going to manage those risks and make sure we still get to enjoy those tremendous benefits,” says OpenAI’s Sam Altman. “No one wants to destroy the world.”
ChatGPT’s success, offering
a glimpse into the way that arti- ficial intelligence could change the way that humans work and learn, has sparked concerns as well. Hundreds of industry lead- ers, including Altman, signed a letter in May that warns “miti- gating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global prior- ity alongside other societal-scale
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er. That agency was created in the years after the U.S. dropped atom bombs on Japan at the end of World War II. “Let’s make sure we come
together as a globe — and I hope this place can play a real role in this,” Altman said. “We talk about the IAEA as a model where the world has said ‘OK, very dangerous technology, let’s
all put some guard rails.’ And I think we can do both. “I think in this case, it’s a nu-
anced message ‘cause it’s saying it’s not that dangerous today but it can get dangerous fast. But we can thread that needle.” Lawmakers around the world
also are examining artificial in- telligence. The 27-nation Euro- pean Union is pursuing an AI Law that could become the de facto global standard for artifi- cial intelligence. Altman told the U.S. Congress in May that government intervention will be critical to governing the risks that come with AI. But the UAE, an autocratic
federation of seven hereditarily ruled sheikhdoms, offers the flip side of the risks of AI. Speech re- mains tightly controlled. Rights groups warn the UAE and other states across the Persian Gulf regularly use spying software to monitor activists, journalists, and others. Those restrictions
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