{"id":9032,"date":"2023-12-07T05:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9032"},"modified":"2023-12-07T05:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:50:47","slug":"openai-cofounder-reid-hoffman-gives-sam-altman-a-vote-of-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9032","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Cofounder Reid Hoffman Gives Sam Altman a Vote of Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hoffman and others said that there\u2019s no need to pause development of AI. He called that drastic measure, for which some AI researchers have petitioned<\/a>, foolish and destructive. Hoffman identified himself as a rational \u201caccelerationist\u201d\u2014someone who knows to slow down when driving around a corner but that, presumably, is happy to speed up when the road ahead is clear. \u201cI recommend everyone come join us in the optimist club, not because it’s utopia and everything works out just fine, but because it can be part of an amazing solution,\u201d he said. \u201cThat’s what we’re trying to build towards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell and Buolamwini, who is artist-in-chief and president of the AI harms advocacy group Algorithmic Justice League<\/a>, said that relying on company promises to mitigate bias and misuse of AI would not be enough. In their view, governments must make clear that AI systems cannot undermine people\u2019s rights to fair treatment or humanity. \u201cThose who stand to be exploited or extorted, even exterminated\u201d need to be protected, Buolamwini said, adding that systems like lethal drones should be stopped. \u201cWe’re already in a world where AI is dangerous,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have AI as the angels of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Applications such as weaponry are far from OpenAI\u2019s core focus on aiding coders, writers, and other professionals. The company\u2019s tools by their terms<\/a> cannot be used in military and warfare\u2014although OpenAI\u2019s primary backer and enthusiastic customer Microsoft has a sizable business with the US military<\/a>. But Buolamwini suggested that companies developing business applications deserve no less scrutiny. As AI takes over mundane tasks such as composition, companies must be ready to reckon with the social consequences of a world that may offer workers fewer meaningful opportunities to learn the basics of a job that it may turn out are vital to becoming highly skilled. \u201cWhat does it mean to go through that process of creation, finding the right word, figuring out how to express yourself, and learning something in the struggle to do it?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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