Hold Yer Horses

AI leaders want to pump the brakes.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Saturday arguing the industry must “slow the pace” of AI improvements, citing potentially “catastrophic damage.” He committed to giving auditors employee-like access to Anthropic and said “we owe it to humanity to try” bigger safeguards, like coordinating limits on AI with China (read the essay yourself).

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is among the thumbs-uppers. Altman also agreed to in-house auditors and announced OpenAI was delaying its IPO, citing safety concerns. To hammer home the potential risks, Anthropic and Google both reportedly blocked attempts to use AI to build biological weapons.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is skeptical of the recent skepticism, saying labs may be “ratcheting up” recent fears to sell a cybersecurity product.

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ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
As tech leaders express fear of their own products, it can make the waters of life feel extra choppy. In the turmoil, hold onto the anchor that God is not worried. Nothing can disrupt His plans, or the secure promise of Heaven for followers of Christ.

“Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”
Hebrews 6:17-19 (CSB) (read full passage)