Calls by technology leaders to slow AI’s development raise questions about their ability and willingness to control the technology, according to Aya Ibrahim, a senior visiting fellow at the AI Now Institute.
Ibrahim told Al Jazeera that the warnings come as companies face enormous financial pressure to develop increasingly powerful AI systems.
“There is a lot of money that is dependent on them getting this out and, frankly, getting it right,” she said, adding that there are “increasing doubts about their ability to do either”.
She also questioned the framing of AI development as a race, saying it could encourage companies to develop the technology as quickly as possible while overlooking the consequences.
“The race narrative is inherently problematic because in many ways, you’re setting us up for a race to the bottom,” Ibrahim said.
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