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| Formation | May 2023 |
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| Founder | Joep Meindertsma |
| Founded at | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Type | Advocacy group, Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Mitigating the existential risk from artificial general intelligence and other risks of advanced artificial intelligence |
Region | International |
| Website | pauseai.info |
PauseAI is a global political movement founded in the Netherlands with the stated aim of achieving global coordination to stop the development of artificial intelligence systems more powerful than GPT-4, at least until it is known how to build them safely, and keep them under democratic control.[1] The movement was established in Utrecht in May 2023 by software entrepreneur Joep Meindertsma.[2]
Citing the alignment problem, PauseAI is concerned about the existential risk from artificial general intelligence.[3][4] Another focus is catastrophic risks from misuse of future, more powerful systems.[2]
Its first public action was to protest in front of Microsoft's Brussels lobbying office in May 2023 during an event on artificial intelligence.[5] In November of the same year, they protested outside the inaugural AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.[6]
Proposal
editPauseAI's stated goal is to “implement a pause on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4”. Their website lists some proposed steps to achieve this goal:[1]
- Set up an international AI safety agency, similar to the IAEA.
- Only allow training of general AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 if their safety can be guaranteed.
- Only allow deployment of models after no dangerous capabilities are present.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PauseAI Proposal". PauseAI. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ a b Meaker, Morgan. "Meet the AI Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "The existential risk of superintelligent AI". PauseAI. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Could AI lead us to extinction? This activist group believes so". Euronews. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "The rag-tag group trying to pause AI in Brussels". Politico. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "What happens in Bletchley, stays in…". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-08.