On March 22, FLI published an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on frontier AI progress.
I think it’s a mistake to claim that given that the call is for a moratorium on “frontier AI progress” overall. but about a subset of progress.
The call is for “Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.”
It explictely says “AI research and development should be refocused on making today’s powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal” and not that all AI research and development should stop.
I think it’s a mistake to claim that given that the call is for a moratorium on “frontier AI progress” overall. but about a subset of progress.
The call is for “Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.”
It explictely says “AI research and development should be refocused on making today’s powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal” and not that all AI research and development should stop.