In late March, the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a non-profit that focuses on emerging technology and its impact on society, released an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on research into powerful large language models (LLMs) exceeding ChatGPT-4 in capability. That letter has been signed by over 50,000 people, including a bunch of AI experts, computer scientists and other academics, as well as 1,800 CEOs and entrepreneurs including business magnate Elon Musk and Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak.
The letter claimed “AI labs are locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that

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