Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, March 29th, 2023.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

Over a thousand big names sign a petition urging a pause on AI development. What analysts think AI could

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Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Over 1,000 people, including Elon Musk have signed an open letter urging AI Labs to pause

training of systems more powerful than GPT4 for at least six months.

Quoting the verge.

The letter published by the nonprofit Future of Life

Institute notes that AI Labs are currently

locked in an out-of-control race,

their words, to develop and deploy machine learning systems,

quote, that no one, not even their creators, can understand, predict, or reliably control.

Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least six months the training of AI systems more powerful than gPT4 says the letter

This pause should be public and verifiable and include all key actors if such a pause could not be enacted quickly, governments should

step in and institute a moratorium." Signatories include author Yval Noharari, Apple co-founder

Steve Wozniac, Skype co-founder Jan Tallin, politician Andrew Yang,

and a number of well-known AI researchers and CEOs

including Stuart Russell, Joshua Benjio,

Gary Marcus, and Amad, Mostak.

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