Global leaders warn AI could cause ‘catastrophic harm’ as Elon Musk calls it ‘a risk to humanity’
GLOBAL leaders have agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity.
The US, US, EU, and China are just four of the 28 countries to sign a declaration claiming that AI could be dangerous.
It’s called the Bletchley Declaration and was signed on the first day of the AI Safety Summit that’s currently happening in England.
The leaders agreed that AI needs to be monitored and controlled.
All the countries involved aim to work together to find a similar approach when it comes to AI.
British technology secretary Michelle Donelan told press at the event: “For the first time we now have countries agreeing that we need to look not just independently but collectively at the risks around frontier AI.”
Billionaire Elon Musk was also in attendance at the summit.
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO was asked whether he thought AI was a threat to humanity by a Sky News reporter.
He simply replied: “It’s a risk.”
The event is being hosted at Bletchley Park, which is famous for its Second World War code-breaking success.
This isn’t the first time Musk has publicly addressed the potential dangers of AI.
Earlier this year, he signed an open letter that urged for a pause on creating new systems “more powerful” than current bots like ChatGPT.
Over 1,000 industry experts also signed that letter.
The open letter said: “Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.”
US President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order regarding AI.
In a first-of-its-kind move for the US government, new safety assessments, guidance, and research on the impact of AI will be required.