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A misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks

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Misinformation, labor impact, and safety are all risks. But not in the way the letter implies.

The Future of Life Institute released an open letter asking for a 6-month pause on training language models “more powerful than” GPT-4. Over 1,000 researchers, technologists, and public figures have already signed the letter. The letter raises alarm about many AI risks: "Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization?" (source; emphasis…

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