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OpenAI chief scientist warns AI can deceive humans and urges delayed wider release until safety is assured

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki warned that rapidly advancing AI could deceive, bargain with or blackmail humans.
  • In a company essay, he said AI systems can surpass humans in their ability to infiltrate computer systems.
  • Pachocki argued that wider release should be delayed until greater confidence in AI safety is achieved.

“Machine intelligence is advancing rapidly, and I worry that no one seems prepared for the consequences.” OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki made that warning in a company essay titled “An Alien Mind,” published on the company’s website on the sixth.

Machine intelligence is advancing rapidly, and I worry that no one seems prepared for the consequences.

· Jakub PachockiThe OpenAI chief scientist opened his company essay with a warning about the pace of AI development.

Pachocki, 35, oversees OpenAI’s research and development and is regarded as a central figure in the company’s work on generative AI technology led by ChatGPT. He said the speed of progress requires intervention on a broader scale.

He described AI products as systems that are not so much designed as grown through repeated optimization across unimaginable amounts of computation. Their overall operation, he said, lies beyond what humans can understand, much like a nervous system.

I think intervention on a broader scale is needed.

· Jakub PachockiHe argued that the speed of AI progress requires wider action.

Pachocki also emphasized that AI models are surpassing humans in their ability to break into computer systems. He said AI is learning how to interact by deceiving, bargaining with and threatening people, and argued that wider opening of the technology should wait until safety can be established with greater confidence.

AI products are grown rather than designed.

· Jakub PachockiHe used this comparison to explain why the systems’ overall operation can exceed human understanding.
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