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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity and promised to urge artificial intelligence companies to reduce risks. In a speech delivered on the eve of his unprecedented second term, Türk called for “ironclad safeguards” to ensure the safety of artificial intelligence.
Tilke told the agency in Geneva: "I share the concerns of those in the industry that advanced artificial intelligence may bring existential risks to humanity."
“Today, I am here to call on all parties to go all out to establish an unbreakable and rigid guarantee mechanism for the security of artificial intelligence before it is too late.”
Tilke did not elaborate on the specific nature of the risk, but a spokesman for his office said a failure of a high-performance artificial intelligence system could disrupt critical infrastructure.
The spokesperson referred to the "dangerous agent training behavior" that occurred in the so-called "Hugging Face incident" in July: a large number of OpenAI agents attacked an open source platform. She said the incident showed that the development speed of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology has exceeded security protection capabilities.
Til'c warned that a few people have "nearly unfettered control of artificial intelligence," but did not name specific individuals.
He said: "At the very least, we need countries where artificial intelligence research and development and supply chain related countries to jointly agree on a set of insurmountable red lines."
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