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Russell co-signed an open letter in March 2023 calling for a six-month pause in AI research.

Topic: technologyRegion: north americaUpdated: i2 outletsSources: 2Spectrum: Center OnlyFiltered: US/Canada (1/2)· Clear⏱ 1 min read
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Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race Elon Musk's only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race. That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business.
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KEY FACTS
  • Today, they called the only expert witness to speak directly to AI technology: Stuart Russell, a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor who has studied AI for decades.
  • Russell has long been a critic of the arms-race dynamic created by frontier labs around the globe competing to reach AGI first, and called for governments to regulate the field more tightly.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT

This development falls within the broader context of Technology activity in North America. Current reporting indicates: Today, they called the only expert witness to speak directly to AI technology: Stuart Russell, a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor who has studied AI for decades.

Russell has long been a critic of the arms-race dynamic created by frontier labs around the globe competing to reach AGI first, and called for governments to regulate the field more tightly. This context is based on the currently available source text and may be refined as fuller reporting becomes available.

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