It's time to open that discussion
2 months ago I started the "PAUSE & TALK. A manifesto to slow down AI development and think." initiative.
Link: https://lnkd.in/dT7aHTXX
An invitation to everyone to push for a temporary halt to AI development and for some rules to be put in place. Let's think about what we want Artificial intelligence to be in our lives and the role we will choose to play.
Yesterday Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple) and Elon Musk along with a number of other researchers did the same through an open letter.
Link: https://lnkd.in/dHFqDaQi
I think it is now clear that the uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence by large companies with the sole aim of satisfying human curiosity, arrogance and pioneering in the field will lead us to a dead end.
An impasse from which we cannot come out winners.
Without clear rules, clear goals and common action, humanity will face unprecedented times.
We will drown in misinformation, we will be divided and we will have to deal with the biggest wave of unemployment in our history. Forecasts speak of 350+ million unemployed in the next 3-4 years.
So I call on everyone to push as hard as they can in the direction of common logic. The one that says that when you don't know the monster you are called to face, you plan well and act carefully and wisely. You don't run into its lair to meet it just to satisfy your curiosity.
I hope the discussion will finally open up. It will be an essential first step.
But time flies. And the rates are exponential.