Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN

Ten Nobel Prize winners are among the more than 200 people who’ve signed a letter calling on the United Nations to define and enforce “red lines” that prohibit some uses of AI.

“Some advanced AI systems have already exhibited deceptive and harmful behavior, and yet these systems are being given more autonomy to take actions and make decisions in the world,” the signers argue, before arguing that AI “could soon far surpass human capabilities and escalate risks such as engineered pandemics, widespread disinformation, large-scale manipulation of individuals including children, national and international security concerns, mass unemployment, and systematic human rights violations.”

Their letter is available at a post from the group at its website redlines.ai, where the signatories call on the UN to prohibit use of AI in circumstances that the group feels are too dangerous, including giving AI systems direct control of nuclear weapons, using it for mass surveillance, and impersonating humans without disclosure of AI involvement.