We believe the current rate of AI progress is rapid, dangerous, and largely unregulated. We are on track to reach smarter-than-human intelligence well before we are capable of understanding or directing it. If this continues, AI will likely lead to total extinction of the human species. Let’s pause.
We call for an indefinite pause on colossal AI experiments. By “colossal AI experiments”, we mean any AI training runs that go beyond the current state-of-the-art (GPT-4, as released in March of 2023).