Am I hallucinating? Can it be that the increasingly off-the-rails Elon Musk actually called for discretion in tech?
Musk and a host of other prominent figures in AI have called for a six-month moratorium on further development of generative AI beyond GPT-4, the latest state-of-the-art model from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Although that call stands little chance — OK, no chance! — of being heeded, it nonetheless is a welcome gut check to humanity before AI turns into a runaway train.
We’ve already seen ChatGPT proclaim its undying love to the New York Times’ columnist Kevin Roose, only to pull back like a jilted lover.