Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, two of the co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, have spoken out about their concerns around the emergence of new forms of AI that have shown the ability to develop in unexpected ways 1.

Harris and Raskin have warned that we need to slow down in our deployment of advanced artificial intelligence. They believe that AI can be a powerful tool as long as it’s focused on particular tasks and used for human benefit, such as helping to cure cancer or find climate solutions. However, they caution against an “arms race” to deploy AI to every human being on the planet as fast as possible with as little testing as possible 2.

These new AI programs are showing the ability to teach themselves new skills and develop emergent capabilities that nobody asked for. Harris noted that just by learning to predict the next piece of text on the internet, these models are developing new capabilities that no one expected 2.

In conclusion, some experts in the tech industry are warning about the potential consequences of a “race to recklessness” with advanced artificial intelligence. They believe that we need to approach this technology with caution and ensure that it is used for human benefit.