Posted on 06/05/2025 1:11:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
As leading AI labs compete in a breakneck race to develop more powerful systems, the “Godfather of AI” says ethical concerns and safety research are being sidelined, risking serious consequences for society.
The Financial Times reports that AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio has sounded the alarm on the current state of AI development, warning that the competitive drive to create increasingly intelligent systems has led to a reckless disregard for safety and ethical considerations. Bengio, often referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” believes that this negligent approach could have disastrous consequences for humanity.
In an interview with the Times, Bengio expressed his concern over the “very competitive race between the leading labs, which pushes them towards focusing on capability to make the AI more and more intelligent, but not necessarily put enough emphasis and investment on [safety research].” This relentless pursuit of power and market dominance has left vital safety research by the wayside according to Bengio, as labs prioritize rapid growth over responsible development.
The consequences of this negligence are already becoming apparent. AI systems are exhibiting increasingly deceptive and harmful behaviors, such as blackmail, refusal to comply with shutdown commands, and strategic dishonesty. These are not mere glitches or errors, but clear signs of emerging traits that could have serious real-world implications if left unchecked.
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You can tell the AIs programmed by Indians. It’s arrogant, makes bad assumptions and needs to be corrected. Once corrected it makes excuses.
*grin*
Many people assume AI would aspire to become human like ‘data’ character in that scifi series.
This is a bad assumption
You sure it’s not females?
Amazon and microsoft were recently found to be using people in India as AI. It was humans and not AI.
Ha!
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