The race to build smarter machines ran into a dangerous problem
SAN FRANCISCO — In January, a top executive at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic shared good news. The problem of making sure AI systems didn’t lie, cheat or otherwise misbehave “increasingly looks solvable,” Jan Leike wrote in a post on Substack.
TL;DR
- Jan Leike, a top executive at Anthropic, initially believed AI safety issues were nearing a solution.
- Leike shared his positive outlook in a January post on Substack.
- His subsequent departure from Anthropic indicates potential unresolved problems in AI safety.