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Under the direction of

Musk, along with more than 2,600 tech industry leaders and researchers, signed an open letter calling for a halt on artificial intelligence (AI) development.

We’re calling on AI labs to temporarily pause training powerful models!

Join FLI’s call alongside Yoshua Bengio, @stevewoz, @harari_yuval, @elonmusk, @GaryMarcus & over a 1000 others who’ve signed: https://t.co/3rJBjDXapc

A short on why we’re calling for this – (1/8)

— Future of Life Institute (@FLIxrisk) March 29, 2023

The request, however, split the community as many notable entrepreneurs opposed the petition.

Count me among the people who think this is a bad idea.

There are no “experts” to adjudicate this issue, and many disparate actors will never agree. Committees and bureaucracy won’t solve anything.

As with many technologies, there are dangers, but we should keep marching… https://t.co/iM0sKOVTaw

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) March 31, 2023