A.I. Officials Stonewall on Questions About Technology’s Risks
A New York City Council hearing on artificial intelligence yielded few answers or assurances about how the industry would provide safeguards against catastrophic scenarios.
TL;DR
- New York City lawmakers questioned AI company representatives regarding the risks of artificial intelligence.
- Companies failed to quantify the risk of catastrophic AI events.
- Questions about insurance for catastrophic AI events and the ability to halt failed AI models were not clearly answered.
- An OpenAI representative stated that the specific percentage chance of a catastrophic event occurring is not important.
- City Council Speaker Julie Menin criticized the response as flippant.