🤖 Anthropic calls on the world to slow down the development of cutting-edge AI Anthropic calls on the world’s major AI laboratories to consider slowing down the pace of cutting-edge model development

🤖 Anthropic calls on the world to slow down the development of cutting-edge AI. Anthropic calls on the world’s major AI laboratories to consider slowing down the pace of cutting-edge model development. The company said in a blog post that AI is advancing so rapidly that it may soon have the ability to improve itself without human intervention, "recursive self-improvement," which would pose significant social risks. The company warns that without a global coordination mechanism, unilateral suspension will only give opponents a head start. Therefore, it is recommended that major AI companies in many countries stop simultaneously and abide by verifiable rules to avoid a single suspension that allows opponents to catch up. The proposal has met with a cold reception in Washington and Silicon Valley, with critics saying it exaggerates the risks and is actually an attempt to suppress rivals in the name of security, and that slowing down research and development could give China a strategic advantage. Anthropic…