The viral panic over AI’s potential existential threat this past week has intensified the longstanding debate over the technology, which so far has resulted in much political handwringing but only a patchwork of attempts at regulation. Many AI experts, regardless of whether they agree on the merits of the Anthropic researchers’ warnings, see this moment as a unique opportunity.
Amba Kak, co-executive director of the AI Now Institute and a former senior adviser on AI for the Federal Trade Commission, said: “You never waste a crisis is an old and well-worn adage in policy land. We’re looking at a really important policy opportunity and a policy window.”
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