existential risk from artificial general intelligence
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The UN Wants to Figure Out Just How Dangerous AI Is
The United Nations created a 39-member advisory body to guide the world through governance issues around artificial intelligence, announced United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced. Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk and the world’s 500 top technologists called for a pause of advanced AI systems back in March to develop sufficient safeguards, sounding the alarm to take…
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Voice Actors Speak Out on AI Regulations They Want to Have
This weekend, SAG-AFTRA and NAVA—the National Association for Voice Actors—teamed up for a panel at New York Comic Con about AI in entertainment. Moderator Lindsay Rousseau, who is also a voice actress, introduced the panel by explaining that “right now there are no legal or legislative protections for our voices, and sometimes not even for…
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James Cameron Is More Worried About an AI Apocalypse Than an AI Movie Script for Now
Fears over the increasing and encroaching role of large language models and other generative AI tools in media have become the heart of Hollywood’s current labor struggle, as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have both centered safeguards for human workers in the face of an industry eager to jump on the latest tech bandwagon. But while…
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Microsoft and OpenAI’s Bromance Is Off to a Rocky Start
OpenAI and Microsoft are the Silicon Valley power couple leading the “AI revolution.” For years, Microsoft has poured money into OpenAI (we’re talking billions and billions of dollars) and OpenAI has allowed Microsoft exclusive access to its software. This partnership has led to big success for both firms (OpenAI’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent months,…