A global pause in AI development will not work and play into the hands of rogue regimes and organisations, according to a paper by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
Attempts at a world consensus on holding back AI will produce an ‘asymmetrical pause’, where bad actors seize the advantage, said Swindon-headquartered BCS.
An open letter by the Future of Life Institute - published in March - called for an immediate halt in training of systems ‘more powerful than GPT-4’ for at least six months, which must be public, verifiable and include all public actors.
But even if a go-slow on AI could be achieved, it would still be harmful to humanity by delaying advances in medical diagnosis, climate science, and productivity, BCS said.
In a policy position paper, BCS, the professional body for computing, argues that putting ethical guardrails around AI, ‘as it grows up’ will be far better than a dangerously uneven pause.
To make sure humanity gets the benefits of AI as early and safely as possible, it should be clearly labelled, backed by public education, supported by professional standards, and developed within ‘AI sandboxes’ – safe spaces for early testing.
In the policy paper entitled ‘Helping AI grow up – without pressing pause’ BCS said a halt in AI development would:
The research concluded that instead AI can continue to ‘grow up’ safely if:
Rashik Parmar MBE, chief executive of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT said: “We can’t be certain every country and company with the power to develop AI would obey a pause, when the rewards for breaking an embargo are so rich.
“So, instead of trying to smother AI, only to see it revived in secret by bad actors, we need to help it grow up in a responsible way.
“That means working hard together to agree standards of transparency and ethical guardrails designed and deployed by AI professionals.
“We’ve got a generational opportunity to make something that, pretty soon, can solve a huge number of the world’s problems and be a trusted partner in our life and work; let’s take it.”
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