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THE AI RACE: NERVOUS TECH TITANS, A TIMEOUT PLEA, AND OPEN-SOURCE DILEMMAS by youngboy111

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THE AI RACE: NERVOUS TECH TITANS, A TIMEOUT PLEA, AND OPEN-SOURCE DILEMMAS
The brainiac who sounded the alarm on the breakneck race to develop super-smart AI systems has a bone to pick with the tech titans. Max Tegmark, the co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, dropped a bombshell back in spring when he penned an open letter demanding a six-month timeout on building colossal artificial intelligence systems.

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[Max Tegmark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Tegmark#:~:text=Max%20Erik%20Tegmark)

With over 30,000 big shots, including Elon Musk and Apple's wizard-in-chief Steve Wozniak, endorsing the plea, you'd think they'd hit the pause button, right? Wrong. Despite the star-studded support, the relentless march towards creating AI behemoths that could outshine even GPT-4 (yeah, the powerhouse behind ChatGPT) hasn't slowed down one bit.

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So, what's the deal? Tegmark spills the silicon beans, revealing that deep down, many corporate honchos were secretly rooting for that timeout. But, alas, they found themselves trapped in a high-stakes race to the bottom against each other. It's like a wild west showdown where no company wants to holster its AI guns first.

The letter was like a digital doomsday prophecy, warning of an "insane race" to create minds no one can control. It pleaded with governments to step in if there's no ceasefire on crafting AI systems more potent than GPT-4. The big question: Do we really want to play with non-human brains that might outsmart, outmaneuver, or even replace us? It's like handing over the keys to civilization to the robots.

But here comes the twist: Tegmark sees the letter as a victory. It sparked a wildfire of debate about AI, leading to high-profile hearings in the US Senate and a global summit on AI safety. Suddenly, AI went from being a niche topic to everyone's favorite conversation starter.

The fear of AI isn't just about deepfake videos and fake news; it's the existential risk of ultra-smart AIs making decisions without our consent. Tegmark warns that we shouldn't think of superhuman AI as a distant threat. Some experts believe it could happen in a blink of an eye, like AI magic tricks that appear out of nowhere.

That's why Tegmark insists that we need a timeout until we can agree on the rules of this AI game. It's like hitting the pause button on a video game until everyone agrees on the rules. The stakes are too high to wing it.


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And then, he drops a bombshell: he wants governments to release open-source AI models for the public to tinker with. Imagine Mark Zuckerberg's Meta giving you the keys to a super-smart AI model. It's like handing a teenager a Ferrari and hoping they don't crash it.

In Tegmark's eyes, not everything should be open source, whether it's bio-weapons or software. It's a bit like sharing your secret sauce recipe but hoping it doesn't end up in the wrong hands.

The tech world is in a race, AI is no longer a sci-fi fantasy, and Tegmark is the voice crying out for a timeout and a safer AI future. Buckle up, folks; it's going to be a serious bumpy ride.
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