‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?
Professor Robert Targ, an expert in artificial intelligence, this week compared humanity to a boat trying to cross a rapid river, or to the physicist who triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction at Chicago Stadium in 1942, describing the critical moment when the world stands at a crossroads between the dangers and opportunities brought by rapidly developing AI. A series of serious safety incidents have increased concerns about the power and invulnerability of these advanced models. Professor Targ noted that this moment is both perilous and full of potential.