“Yes, I’ve said for years that [Large Language Models] are actually pretty dumb, and I still believe that. But there's a difference between power and intelligence. And we are suddenly giving them a lot of power.”
Back then–only months ago—Marcus’ quibbling was technical. But now that large language models have become a global phenomenon, his focus has shifted. The crux of Marcus’ new message is that the chatbots from OpenAI, Google, and others are dangerous entities whose powers will lead to a tsunami of misinformation, security bugs, and defamatory “hallucinations” that will automate slander. This seems to court a contradiction.
Marcus, always loquacious, has an answer: “Yes, I’ve said for years that [LLMs] are actually pretty dumb, and I still believe that. But there's a difference between power and intelligence. And we are suddenly giving them a lot of power.” In February he realized that the situation was sufficiently alarming that he should spend the bulk of his energy addressing the problem.
Marcus argues that in order to counter all the potential harms and destruction, policymakers, governments, and regulators have to hit the brakes on AI development. Along with Elon Musk and dozens of other scientists, policy nerds, and just plain freaked-out observers, he signed the now-famous petition. But he admits that he doesn’t really think such a pause would make a difference and that he signed mostly to align himself with the community of AI critics.
Marcus has an idea for who might do the enforcing. He has lately been insistent that the world needs, immediately, “a global, neutral, nonprofit International Agency for AI,” which would be referred to with an acronym that sounds like a scream ., such a body might work like the International Atomic Energy Agency, which conducts audits and inspections to identify nascent nuclear programs.
In any case, the discussion about controlling AI will gain even more steam as the technology weaves itself deeper and deeper into our lives. So expect to see a lot more of Marcus and a host of other talking heads. And that’s not a bad thing. Discussion about what to do with AI is healthy and necessary, even if the fast-moving technology may well develop regardless of any measures that we painstakingly and belatedly adopt.
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