Comment by Peter Tarassenko

My own view, after talking with colleagues in the AI Security Institute and the Alan Turing Institute, is that a moratorium would be unenforceable. Instead, I support the proposal made this week by the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, to set up a commission to investigate the ethical aspects of general ASI. [...] Safety testing of models by the AI Security Institute at present relies on voluntary agreements with AI companies. The consultation should therefore also consider the pros and cons of putting AISI, the AI Security Institute, on a statutory footing and legally compelling AI companies to open up their models for safety testing.