Why Elon Musk is wrong about pausing AI development - CapX

Panic about new technologies is nothing new, and artificial intelligence is no exception. This week more than 1,800 people have signed an open letter calling for at least a six-month pause on training AI systems that are'more powerful than GPT-4′ – the latest chatbot released by Open AI. The signatories – who include the likes of Elon Musk, Andrew Yang and Steve Wozniak – want governments to impose a moratorium if AI labs don't stop their research voluntarily. Meanwhile here in the UK, the Government recently released its own AI regulation strategy. The letter cites a number of concerns about AI: 1) disseminating dis/misinformation 2) ushering in a period of widespread unemployment, and 3) the creation of nefarious robot overlords.