What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
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TL;DR
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocates for pacing AI development via embedded third-party evaluators, industry coordination, and global government cooperation.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees with pacing and supports independent evaluators and federal regulation for AI safety.
- Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis supports Amodei's direction for AI development.
- Elon Musk reposted Amodei's essay, agreeing with the sentiment.
- Former President Donald Trump opposes an AI slowdown, believing a strong president is the only control needed and accusing 'AI people' of being 'perfect little angels'.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated robots will not take over and aims for everyone to win in the AI race.
- VP JD Vance finds it 'weird' that AI companies are asking for government regulation, viewing it as a potential 'Trojan horse' and highlighting the US-China AI race.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson wants AI leaders to meet with the government to find a balance, warning against a moratorium due to China's progress.
- Senator Bernie Sanders agrees with Peggy Noonan's call to pause AI for humanity's sake.
- Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stresses the danger of inaction and calls for safeguards, rules, limits, and a 'kill switch' for rogue AI.
- Former White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks encourages AI leaders to proceed without seeking external permission and questions the altruism of slowing down.
- Former FTC Chair Lina Khan points out that existing laws already provide authority to charge companies for releasing dangerous products, warning against distraction by new legal regimes.
- Former VP Kamala Harris advocates for responsibly slowing the pace of frontier AI development to ensure it serves the public interest.
- Former Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun mocks Amodei's earlier safety concerns about GPT2.