A group of prominent industry leaders in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has issued a concise statement, underscoring their apprehensions about the risks associated with advanced AI systems. The statement, which effectively acknowledges the concerns previously expressed by figures like Elon Musk, was posted on the website of the Center for AI Safety—an organization dedicated to mitigating societal-scale risks posed by AI.
The signatories of the statement represent a who’s who of the AI industry, featuring influential figures such as Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, and Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind. Notable Turing Award-winning researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, widely regarded as pioneers in modern AI, have also added their names to the list.
