Re: Open letter urging to pause AI

Hello,

I agree it is all hype. Some are worried the AI winter might dry up their
funds for research.

Most of deep learning is hype, chatgpt or even plus is hype, just a fancy
mimicry....there is no self-awareness.

Nothing revolutionary.

[insert script here]

Thanks,

Adeel

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 07:28, Georg Rehm <georg.rehm@dfki.de> wrote:

> This letter is nothing but hype. Emily Bender dissected the letter on
> Twitter and put together the essence of it on Medium. I’d like to invite
> everyone to have a look:
>
>
> https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/policy-makers-please-dont-fall-for-the-distractions-of-aihype-e03fa80ddbf1
>
> Best regards,
> Georg
>
>
> On 29. Mar 2023, at 21:46, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
> metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This letter speaks for itself.
>
>
> https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-ai-systems-that-can-outperform-gpt-4-2023-03-29/
>
>
> I may not want to put it as bluntly as Elon Musk, who cautioned against
> unregulated AI which he called "more dangerous than nukes", but when Nick
> Bostrom, the late Stephen Hawking, and dozens, no hundreds of international
> experts, scientists and industry leaders start ringing the bell, is is time
> to pause and reflect.
>
> Every aspect of daily life, every industry, education systems, academia
> and even our cognitive rights will be impacted.
>
> I would also like to point out that some science fiction authors have done
> a great job on very accurately predicting a dystopian future ruled by
> technology, perhaps the greatest of them all being Philip K. Dick.
>
> But there are dozens of other authors as well and they all give a fairly
> good impression what awaits us if we do not regulate and control the
> further development of AI now.
>
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