Expert opinions on AI Ethics

I think we’ve got the beginnings of a pretty good story, because we can already build machines that can represent environments. [...] If that’s what you mean by consciousness—having beliefs, having desires, being able to report what those beliefs and...

“I would be surprised if current AI models develop consciousness,” he said, “but we can’t entirely rule it out.”

Personally, I do not believe that AI can be conscious, and below I explain why.

AI is already on the verge of going rogue, but with legal person status, it could become an actual existential threat to humanity.

We have to change the way we talk about AI risk because for a very long time, it’s either existential and everything is going to die and the killer robots are coming, or it doesn’t really matter.

We do need to have some safeguards in place to make sure there are no unintended consequences, but, no, I do not think AI is going to imperil human existence.

The scientific work now is to ensure reasoning of powerful AI models remains observable as they become more capable, or to build the tools to read it where it is not, and to verify that complete AI systems, not just the models inside them, can be rel...

We have a very natural instinct to say: we want as much interpretability as possible. One of the sci-fi worry cases is that agents start speaking in languages to each other that we don't understand. [...] I bet there are ways to define boundaries tha...

Explainable AI (XAI) is often offered as the answer to the black box problem and is broadly defined as “machine learning techniques that make it possible for human users to understand, appropriately trust, and effectively manage AI.” Around the world...

This suggests pacing the advances: not training or deploying AIs without a strong safety case that convinces independent experts.

I believe that attempting to deliberately pace AI development will be extremely difficult, and could do more harm than good if done without proper care. However, I am signing this statement because, if an attempt at pacing does occur, it would be bet...

We will only encourage super intelligence. We’re going to encourage it, not rein it in.

Before, or concurrently with, deploying a new frontier model or a substantially modified version of an existing frontier model, a large frontier developer shall include in the transparency report required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision, summari...

For the most advanced frontier AI models, an independent, federally overseen, industry-backed organization could set safety standards and verify independent, voluntary audits, similar to how other critical sectors are managed.

Middle powers should combine complementary national assets and pool the capabilities that require scale, while preserving national and commercial control over applications, deployment, language, and sector-specific use. Shared efforts could include m...

The answer isn't convergence for its own sake. We can push too hard on one thing. But if you have one standard, you could risk a lowest common denominator outcome that can cost us the innovation system as well and might have a risk on the national in...

Gemini, of course, is very much focused on building AGI and delivering the goals. [...] To build AGI, something that you can put in front of people that they can work with. [...] Success in building AGI still depends on innovation and exploration and...

Many leading companies are engaged in a single-minded pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI). [...] Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.

The way to get there is a shared machine-readable format. I call it a Safety Framework Card.

Countries should not restrict open-weight AI models.

One of its more interesting recommendations is something called Mutually Assured Compute Destruction. America would build its new datacentres in Mongolia and China would build theirs in Canada. If the agreement collapsed, each side would destroy its ...

Plan A is the alternative. Delay superintelligence to 2040. Make all AI research public. Let dozens of companies in dozens of countries catch up to the frontier. And enter, deliberately and with eyes open, a regime of mutually assured compute destruc...

A doctrine whose trigger mechanism can be this thoroughly disputed cannot function as a deterrent. Deterrence requires certainty. MAD worked because both sides knew, with something close to certainty, what a launch would produce. MACD, as currently s...