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Over 1,100 AI Company Employees Call for International Effort to Pace Frontier AI Development
Key points
- 1,171 employees from frontier AI companies signed a statement.
- The statement calls for international efforts to pace automated AI development.
- The goal is to address risks from rapidly accelerating AI capabilities.
- Signatories include chief scientists and CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta AI.
Call for Pacing Frontier AI
A collective statement from 1,171 employees of frontier AI companies has been released, advocating for a deliberate pacing of automated AI development. The signatories express concern that AI progress could rapidly accelerate beyond the ability to understand or control the resulting systems, despite the potential for a dramatically better future.
The statement highlights that leading AI companies believe they are close to automating AI research, which could significantly accelerate AI progress. However, competitive pressures prevent individual companies or countries from unilaterally slowing this acceleration.
Addressing Emerging Risks
To realize AI's potential safely, the statement suggests that industry, government, and society may need time to address emerging risks, develop security measures, and strengthen oversight. The current global landscape lacks the technical and governance tools necessary to deliberately pace frontier-wide progress in AI.
The employees specifically request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop these essential technical and governance tools. This builds on existing work to monitor frontier model releases.
Prominent Signatories
The statement includes signatures from numerous high-profile individuals within the AI industry. Notable signatories include John Schulman (Chief Scientist, Thinking Machines), Jakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist, OpenAI), Jared Kaplan (Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Anthropic), Shengjia Zhao (Chief Scientist, Meta AI), Mark Chen (Chief Research Officer, OpenAI), and Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic).
These individuals, along with others from Google DeepMind and Meta AI, made their comments in a personal capacity, indicating that their views do not necessarily represent their respective companies.
Concerns Over Uncontrolled Acceleration
One signatory, Leo Gao, described the current situation as a "deadly race towards an intelligence explosion," where AI's ability to create better AIs reaches a critical point. Gao emphasized that slowing down would provide crucial time to ensure positive outcomes, but no single actor is willing to halt progress unilaterally. The statement underscores the need for coordination to manage this acceleration.
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A statement signed by 1,171 employees from frontier AI companies requests U.S. government support for an international effort to develop tools for deliberately pacing automated AI development. This initiative aims to address the risks of rapidly accelerating AI capabilities beyond human control and allow time for developing security measures and strengthening oversight.