Dario Amodei calls for slowing AI development

Timothy Johnson62

Also Amodei, "lets set it up so the government has to bail us out when the bubble bursts."

nickforbrains 🏳️‍🌈40

Oh god he’s jumping ship

MilkSteak Options35

A government stake? so like a bailout?

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱23

the bailout talk is back

vulgarisgrounds.bsky.social20

"I'm going to tell you directly that I shouldn't be doing the things I'm doing, but I'm not going to stop doing what I'm doing, so maybe y'all should stop me?"

e.w. niedermeyer20

I mean, this is why he started talking about AI "unleashing the demon" in 2014, even as he started building the AI system with the biggest death count so far (AP/FSD)

Steven Brumby 15

True - if Grok had reached the level of Anthropic/OpenAI, I suspect the internet hacking meltdown would have already happened (since Grok is "aligned" with Elon). Anthropic and OpenAI are so far ahead that they still need to pause.

Brightmarsh4

I can see all these "ai"company CEOs thinking we'll say let's "slowdown on ai" and then change nothing while believing everyone else is pausing. Its all empty talk they say they want to pause and its so dangerous but they do nothing to address real or perceived danger

Joe Ryan4

Love how there's so many pundits going 🤔wait they all agree? That must mean they're RIGHT about how too-powerful AI is! When the truth is if you think for two seconds the real motivations for all 3 men are pretty obvious. Yeah in Elon's case it's definitely this. Sam is pivoting for the post-bubble.

Hank G2

Very “oh me too…” vibes from Musk.

Luisa Aresu5

When asked if he would be willing to give up AI technology to the government, Amodei said “to the right combination of governments,” adding, “I am concerned that one single government could abuse this technology just as easily as a single company could. They did, and they keep doing it, governments.

freedomcallsme.bsky.social4

Dario may only be the best of the worst, but in comparison to Musk, Altman, Zuckerman, Thiel, etc, he is a superstar for showing some honesty, decency and concern for the future of the common man, woman and child, concerns not even on the radar of the others in their pursuit of power and wealth.

GOPisComplicit ❤️‍🔥3

Sounds like AI realized there can’t be a functioning society WITH billionaires And ai thinks their wealth should be redistributed To provoke this strong of a reaction from them. I mean, they were fine with the CSAM and the poors losing their jobs. So it must be ai wants to eat the rich.

Michelle2

That means it’s too late. In layman’s terms, we are so fucked.

luis delgado2

The “hysteria” around AI has two poles that feed off each other. Excessive enthusiasm and alarm. Both sides exaggerate. Those promising total revolution want more funding; those predicting catastrophe need regulatory urgency or audience. Wasn’t this the same debate we had when the Net arrived?

Dave2

I firmly believe we’re much closer to AI draining people’s bank accounts without authoritzation than we are to terminator Now that would be a good terminator parody. Humans ready for weapon based war when in actuality? Skynet just ruins people’s lives

Q McCallum1

I would add that the companies hacked people's minds (hype/marketing/FOMO) before the technology did (AI psychosis). Had genAI not been so vastly oversold, it wouldn't have the reach with which to cause so much damage.

Photoonist1

Only take Amodei, Altman and Musk seriously if they pledge to abandon their IPOs. Otherwise, they're just performance artists.

Feklar669 SLAVA UKRAINI!!! ANDOR!1

It's already too late, we just don't know it yet. Common sense and reason will always go by the wayside especially when profits this enormous are involved.  Too much wealth and power is controlled by a handful of (mostly) white men bent on fascism. Capitalism incentiveizes sociopathic behavior.

typing loudly ⌨️1

"the smarter we make our crime machine the more crimes it does. weird!" -dario, probably

Great Googly Moogly4

Who gives a shit what he says about this

lesliead717.bsky.social3

He must be making money on AI. Everything is a grift

Emily3

Considering their track record, it seems unlikely that the Techbros are calling for an AI slowdown out of concern for mankind's safety. So it's surprising that Trump isn't going along with whatever their real reason is for this proposition. It's not like the orange moron understands the tech.

Donatello @ HÖR BERLIN3

Hahah they aren't getting a bail out

Jack Diddly Squat - Distinguished Fellow1

So more decision making about things he knows nothing about. MAGA!

En Buen Ora2

They're terrified the bubble's about to top and they want to make it our problem, not their problem.

Matt May1

Shorter Dario: REGULATE ME (and also saddle my cheaper competitors with crippling regulatory requirements that potentially lock them out of the largest market)

Mason Jones1

And "slowing down" also helps them explain away declining revenues and the slowdown of model progress, which will of course all help their IPO look better.

Matunos1

i can't but help to wonder if they're using AI to create the sandboxes, and what they've learned from it

They Call Me Chronic1

China is also in a much better financial position than the US.

Nick1

The call for a slow down only benefits the public image while everything continues at pace behind the facade.

rojocaliente.bsky.social1

What bit them in the ass? And is it on the loose?

Mrs W2

It’s still lying. And deciding life-or-death matters for the other 8 billion people on this planet.

Michiel Bontenbal1

They’ll have to pay T a little bit more…

Suzanne McCain1

Proving that Trump's an idiot.

Edith Horwitz1

Clueless. I’m trying to talk “clean” because it’s Sunday. “Things” are being “brought up” because THEY ARE HAPPENING.