ETH Zurich representatives oppose a moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence (AI). They find this difficult to enforce and also see risks.
How do the ETH experts argue?
Andreas Krause, ETH Professor of Computer Science and Head of the ETH Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI Center), said in an interview published Friday with ETH News that he doubted the demand for a moratorium could be enforced. There would be too many commercial and strategic interests behind it.
A moratorium risks making development, which was previously largely open and transparent, more inaccessible and opaque.
The Director of the ETH AI Center, Alexander Ilic, believes in an interview that elements such as reliability and trustworthiness in current language models should be more intensively examined and critically discussed. Basic research is required. And:
Only if AI is reliable and reliable can it be used meaningfully in healthcare, for example, and be a useful tool for people.
Fiction, like the world takeover by machines, is lumped together. That makes it difficult to have an informed discussion and dialogue about the actual risks.”
What was the occasion?
Several high-level tech experts, such as Tesla boss Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, had this week called for a moratorium on the rapid development of powerful new AI tools.
In an open letter published on Wednesday, the signatories call for a break of at least six months. This development freeze should give the industry time to establish safety standards for AI development and to prevent potential harm from the riskiest AI technologies.
In addition to the Tesla boss, more than 1000 people signed the manifesto. In it they warn about the dangers of so-called generative AI, as implemented with the ChatGPT or OpenAI’s image generator DALL-E. These AI tools can simulate human interaction and create text or images based on a few keywords.
Sources
- etz.ch: “Stopping development jeopardizes transparency.”
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Source: Watson
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