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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seems to be deeply troubled by the nightmare-like artificial intelligence product he helped create, and can even find it difficult to sleep peacefully. At around 0:57 a.m. Eastern Time, Altman posted on the X platform: "There are two disastrous trends in the development of artificial intelligence that must be avoided. First, we may lose control of the future of artificial intelligence. This is unacceptable. We are firmly on the side of mankind, and artificial intelligence must always serve people. To do this, we must ensure the development speed of aligned technologies and security methods, and stay ahead of the iteration of model capabilities."
He went on to write: "The second risk is the high concentration of power in the world. If a certain person or a certain company masters extremely powerful artificial intelligence and imposes its own worldview on everyone, the outcome will be extremely dystopian. To avoid the above two major threats, you need to walk a narrow middle path. For example, a certain country grabbing too much power, or a certain laboratory having too much say, are all such risks."
In just two days, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Altman, two AI industry giants, issued warnings one after another about this powerful technology that they led and led the top R&D team to accelerate.
Amodei said in his personal blog on Saturday: "In the past few months, I have become increasingly convinced that in order to fully respond to related risks, we need to act more prudently. Not only do we invest resources to prevent risks, but we also need to control the iteration speed of AI capabilities and leave time to catch up for risk prevention and control. We must slow down the pace of improving the capabilities of artificial intelligence models. The overall technology will still maintain rapid development, and we must make good use of the time we gain."
After Amodei posted his message, Ultraman immediately expressed his opinion and agreed with his competitor's point of view.
The comments come after two AI researchers expressed concerns about the dangers of cutting-edge advanced AI models.
Earlier last week, Jacob Coxon announced his departure from Anthropic. He said that neither Anthropic nor OpenAI has assumed its due responsibility in developing high-performance artificial intelligence systems.
Subsequently, Anthropic’s head of alignment science, Evan Harbinger, responded to Coxon’s post, endorsing the former employee’s sentiments. He believes that there is a greater than 10% chance that this technology will "cause the extinction of all human beings."
President Trump on Sunday dismissed such security concerns. He said: "We are leading China in the field of artificial intelligence. We are the most technologically advanced country in the world, and frankly, I hope to maintain this advantage, because whoever wins the artificial intelligence competition will win the future."
Affected by the above-mentioned concerns, leading stocks in the AI sector came under pressure on Monday, with the market worried that the development of AI technology may encounter obstacles. SanDisk was down 5% in pre-market trading, while Nvidia was down 3% in pre-market trading.
Dan Ives, founding partner of Yorkville Ives, told Yahoo Finance: "I think Dalio's article, coupled with weekend industry discussions, will cause a brief weakening at the opening of Monday, but the market will soon rebound. Investors will soon see clearly that despite this public opinion storm in the industry, the overall situation of $5 trillion in AI investment in the next five years will not materially change."
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